Levan, Alvin Lee, GMT3

POW/MIA
 
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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Last Primary NEC
GMT-0000-Gunners Mate Technician
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate Technician
Primary Unit
1966-1966, Commander, US Naval Forces Vietnam (COMNAVFORV)
Service Years
1964 - 1966
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
GMT-Gunner's Mate Technician

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1946
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Catawissa
Last Address
Catawissa
MIA Date
Oct 25, 1966
 
Cause
Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason
Drowned, Suffocated
Location
Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
11E 106

 Official Badges 




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Dragon Vietnam Combat Craft Crewmember Badge


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United StatesVeterans of the Vietnam WarVietnam Veterans MemorialSwift Boat Sailors Association (SBSA)
  1961, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
  1966, Veterans of the Vietnam War - Assoc. Page
  2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2017, Swift Boat Sailors Association (SBSA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

PCF-87, COASTAL DIV 13, TF-115, USNAVFORV

   


Operation Game Warden
From Month/Year
December / 1965
To Month/Year
January / 1972

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 / 1966
To Month/Year
December / 1969
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories

Memories
River Patrol, Interdiction and Operations in country Vietnam

   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  286 Also There at This Battle:
  • Adams, Michael, PO3, (1964-1968)
  • Alexander, Ron, PO3, (1966-1970)
  • Armstrong, Rodger, CWO4, (1956-1979)
  • Bandy, Jim, SN, (1969-1971)
  • Baronich, Jr., Harold, PO3, (1966-1969)
  • Beckes, Robert, PO2, (1967-1976)
  • Bedell, Cliff, PO2, (1965-1969)
  • Bertschi, Steve, PO3, (1966-1970)
  • Briggs, David, MCPO, (1963-1997)
  • Buckman, Robert, PO2, (1968-1972)
  • Bulicek, Daniel, SCPO, (1965-1994)
  • Caraffa, Angelo, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • Carlino, Ralph, PO3, (1969-1973)
  • Casey, Tom, PO2, (1963-1967)
  • Catt, Gordon, PO3, (1967-1969)
  • Cooper, Harry, PO2, (1968-1972)
  • Curry, Michael, MCPO, (1960-1991)
  • De Mott, Thomas, CPO, (1968-1990)
  • Deweese, Douglas, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • Dougherty, William, CWO4, (1966-2004)
  • Ellis, Tom, PO2, (1968-1972)
  • Espeland, Richard, PO2, (1966-1972)
  • Fein, Ed, CPO, (1961-1982)
  • Fleming, Jerry, PO3, (1966-1970)
  • Galbreath, Larry, CWO4, (1964-1995)
  • Garrett, George, PO1, (1959-1978)
  • Giancola, Richard, CPO, (1967-1997)
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