Meenan, Thomas James, RM2

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

Last Primary NEC
RM-0000-Radioman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Radioman

Primary Unit
1967-1968, RM-0000, Unit 5 - Vung Ro, IUWG-1 WESTPAC Detachment

Service Years
1965 - 1968

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Personal Details

Home State

Wisconsin

Year of Birth
1947

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Casualty Info

Home Town Menomonee Falls	Last Address Menomonee Falls

Casualty Date Jun 06, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Saint Mary's of the Assumption Cemetery - Glenshaw, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates 59W 007

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2013, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page

Operation Stable Door
From Month/Year May / 1965	To Month/Year August / 1971
Description TF 115 was responsible for the harbor defense and surveillance units in the ports of Vung Tau, Cam Ranh Bay, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, and Vung Ro, Inshore Undersea Warfare Groups (IUWG) 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, operated a total of 16 large personnel landing craft, 25 Boston Whalers, and 8 picket boats in Operation Stable Door. The 45-foot picket boats, which began to reach Vietnam in June 1967, carried a crew of one officer and five men and two .50-caliber machine guns, twin-mounted. In each port the units constructed harbor entrance control posts and equipped them with radios and surface search radars.