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Casualty Info
Home Town South Bend
Last Address South Bend
Casualty Date Nov 06, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Quang Ngai (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Southlawn Cemetery - South Bend, Indiana
Wall/Plot Coordinates 39W 029 / Section E Lot 248 - 1
Description Operation Game Warden, Task force 116, was an operation to deny Viet Cong access to the resources in the Mekong Delta which was conceived of in December 1965. U.S. naval forces, backed by Marine artillery on the ground, launching a rapid surprise attack on the dozens of small Viet Cong ports which were scattered around the Delta. Unprepared in the face of intense U.S. firepower, which included U.S. F-4 Phantoms dropping special illumination bombs which blinded the Viet Cong deck gunners, leaving to them being unable to accurately return fire on the attacking U.S. craft, the Viet Cong were incapable of mounting a stiff resistance. Much the Viet Cong fleet and its operators were destroyed.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
December / 1968
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Various Riverine Assault Force Operations
