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Casualty Info
Home Town Madison, WI
Last Address Madison, WI
Casualty Date Nov 19, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fort Douglas Post Cemetery - Salt Lake City, Utah
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 / 1967
To Month/Year
December / 1967
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories River Patrol, Interdiction and Operations in country Vietnam