Previously Held NEC HN-0000-Hospitalman
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
Service Years
1966 - 1988
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (68-69)/Operation Taylor Common
From Month/Year
December / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969
Description Dec 6 – Mar 9 1969; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines operation to clear the An Hoa Basin, neutralize NVA Base Area 112 and develop Fire Support Bases to interdict NVA infiltration routes leading from the Laotian border in the An Hoa Basin.
Operation Taylor Common was a search and destroy operation conducted by Task Force Yankee, a task organized force of the 1st Marine Division, during the Vietnam War from 6 December 1968 to 9 March 1969. The objective was to clear the An Hoa Basin, neutralize the North Vietnamese Army's Base Area 112 and develop Fire Support Bases (FSBs) to interdict Communist infiltration routes leading from the Laotian border.
151 US Marines were killed and 1,324 wounded. They reported 1,398 Vietnamese were killed and took 29 POW. One Marine, Lance Corporal William R. Prom, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during Taylor Common.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1969
To Month/Year
February / 1969
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Receiving incoming NVA 122mm rockets at the Marine combat support base of An Hoa.
I was wounded during a combat action while my platoon was working road sweep security (mine clearing) on the MSR from An Hoa to Liberty Bridge - 24 Jan. 69.