Thompson, Robert Alan, BM3

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class

Last Primary NEC
BM-0164-Assault Boat Coxswain

Last Rating/NEC Group
Boatswain's Mate

Primary Unit
1967-1969, BM-0164, Coastal Surveillance Force (TF-115)

Service Years
1964 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1947

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Casualty Info

Home Town Downey	Last Address Downey

Casualty Date May 19, 1969
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Kien Giang (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Rose Hills Cemetery - Whittier, California	Wall/Plot Coordinates 24W 056

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2018, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2018, Mobile Riverine Force Association

Operation Stable Door
From Month/Year May / 1965	To Month/Year August / 1971
Description TF 115 was responsible for the harbor defense and surveillance units in the ports of Vung Tau, Cam Ranh Bay, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, and Vung Ro, Inshore Undersea Warfare Groups (IUWG) 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, operated a total of 16 large personnel landing craft, 25 Boston Whalers, and 8 picket boats in Operation Stable Door. The 45-foot picket boats, which began to reach Vietnam in June 1967, carried a crew of one officer and five men and two .50-caliber machine guns, twin-mounted. In each port the units constructed harbor entrance control posts and equipped them with radios and surface search radars.