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Vogt, Leonard Frederick, Jr., CDR.
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Memorial Service Quotation
September 23, 1965
Oceana Naval Air Station Chapel
Virginia Beach, Virginia
No useless coffin enclosed his breast
No sheet or shroud was around him.
But he died like a warrior taking his rest
With his martial cloak about him.
Not slowly or sadly was he laid down
In the sea that beheld his story
So we'll carve not a line of his fame little known
We'll just leave him alone with his glory.
With affection, sympathy and my blessing, Father Roland, MSSST
CDR Leonard F. Vogt and LT Robert F. Barber were lost at sea when their A-6A INTRUDER went down in the Gulf of Tonkin offshore North Vietnam. Their bodies were not recovered.
Other Comments:
Distinguished Flying Cross
Awarded posthumously for actions during the Vietnam War
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS:
Commander Leonard Frederick Vogt, Jr. (NSN: 0-521938), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for sustained heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as pilot of an A-6A aircraft from 1 July to 18 September 1965, in developing strike tactics for the A-6A aircraft while operating in the combat environment of Southeast Asia.
General Orders: All Hands (September 1967) Action Date: July 1 - September 18, 1965 Service: Navy Rank: Commander
Description This campaign was 8 March to 24 December 1965. As communist efforts in South Vietnam increased, US carriers continued bombing North Vietnam while US Marines landed from seventh Fleet ships at danang, marking the beginning of major combat in involvement in Vietnam.
In April 1965 the Joint General Staff (JGS) decided to enhance their control of the Vietnamese Marine Corps by making it a separate service within the armed forces. In addition, the JGS redesignated the I, II, III and IV Naval Zones as Coastal Zones and, along with the newly created III and IV Riverine Areas, placed them under the operational control of the army commanders of the I, II, III, and IV Corps Tactical Zones. Because of its special riverine characteristics, the Rung Sat remained in the navy's charge. Thus, with the exception of ships steaming outside of territorial waters, most of the navy's combat forces came under army direction.
Administrative responsibility for the navy, however, remained with the Chief of Naval Operations. Another significant reorganization occurred in July 1965 when the JGS formally integrated the 3,500-man, paramilitary Coastal Force into the navy. Thereafter, the command's divisions and the old coastal district designations were dropped and the coastal zones became the operational sectors. In a similar move, in October the following year, the Vietnamese Navy was assigned administrative responsibility for the headquarters and training center of the 24 paramilitary Regional Force Boat Companies and maintenance responsibility for their 192 vehicle and personnel landing craft (LCVP).
The Navy established the coastal surveillance force (dubbed operation Market Time), using its own swift boats and Coast Guard WPBs to stop communist infiltration from the sea. On 18 December, the U.S. Navy began patrolling the rivers of South Vietnam in an operation named game warden.
