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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
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (68-69)/Operation Swift Raider
From Month/Year
December / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969
Description 6 December 1968 to 31 March 1969. Conducting devastating raids into enemy strongholds and sanctuaries located in and about river mouths, inlets, coves and canals of coastal South Vietnam, men of SWIFT RAIDER forces were highly successful in harassing and severing enemy lines of supply and communications. The lightning attacks carried out by SWIFT RAIDER units confronted hostile forces in the most serious challenge for control of IV Corps and the Cua Dai River in the history of the Vietnamese conflict. Time and again, friendly patrol craft on swift and daring raids penetrated enemy strongholds in the face of concentrated hostile fire to inflict extensive personnel and material casualties. Enemy vessels were intercepted and destroyed, thus denying him freedom of waterways he formerly controlled.
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) TASK FORCE 115, (Units participating in Operation SWIFT RAIDER)
