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Home Town San Pablo, Castillejos, Zambales, Philippines
Last Address Dominador passed away at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. He was laid to rest in Glen Abbey Memorial Park in Bonita, California.
Date of Passing Feb 23, 2010
Location of Interment Glen Abbey Memorial Park - Bonita, California
Dominador G. Domingo, Jr. Chief Corpsman, USN (ret.)
Dominador G. Domingo, Jr., was born on February 2, 1943 at home in San Pablo, Castillejos, Zambales, Philippines. His parents were Dominador Domingo Sr. and Elizabeth Gonzales Domingo. Dominador was raised in San Pablo, Castillejos, Zambales, Philippines. He graduated from Castillejos Academy in 1959 and attended the Mapua Institute of Technology, in Manila, for three years before applying to the US Navy. His favorite courses were chemistry and math.
He served for more than 23 years by the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman, and retired as Chief (E-7). He then served several years working at NavCare and Balboa Naval Hospital as a Pharmacy Technician. Dominador was a team player who certainly lived out the motto of "give me a job, and I will get it done."
Dominador was a Navy veteran. His sense of duty helped lead him into the military where his understanding of rank, his willingness to abide by rules and regulations and his desire to follow orders was admired by his fellow service men and women. He was stationed at Naval Hospital Cubi Point, Subic, Philippines, attended Naval Post Graduate School in Fort Ord, Monterey, California, and was stationed in Bremerton, Washington, on the USS Constellation (dry-docked in Bremerton, Washington), at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, at Balboa Hospital in San Diego, California, and at Guam Naval Hospital in Guam. Dominador served on the USS Mars during the Vietnam War. Through his hard work and dedication, he achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer (E-7). He received several awards recognizing him for his heroism, including a National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Navy Disaster Task Force / Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Commendation, Navy Achievement Medal and five Good Conduct Awards.
Dominador passed away on February 23, 2010 at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. Dominador's ailments had started way back in 1986, when he was in his 21st year in the US Navy and stationed in Guam Naval Hospital. He became very ill and was diagnosed with the disease Lupus (SLE) with complications. Although he recovered from his first bout with Lupus, over the years his symptoms would get worse. Lupus continued to affect other major organs in his body. On February 23rd, he finally succumbed to the disease that he bravely battled for 24 years.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (67-68)
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June / 1967
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January / 1968
Description This Campaign period was from 1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968. By mid-1967, the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service operated a fleet of 527 reactivated World War II Reserve Fleet ships and chartered vessels under U.S. and foreign registry. Throughout this period, MSTS shipping carried over 40,000 U.S. and allied combat and support troops to South Vietnam. The allied requirements for transportation were passed from MSTS representatives in the ports of Danang, Chu Lai, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, Vung Tau, Phan Rang, and Vung Ro through the MSTS office in Saigon to the MSTS Far East, headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and finally to Commander MSTS in the United States. Many types of vessels sailed in the MSTS fleet, including converted escort carriers Core, Card, Point Cruz (T-AKV 19), and Kula Gulf (T-AKV 8), which served as aircraft ferries. Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH 1), formerly seaplane tender Albermarle (AV 5), operated as a helicopter repair ship for the Army. In addition to the great number of standard cargo hulls, the service operated ships that carried cargo stowed in easily handled containers and new roll-on/roll-off ships that could quickly load and unload vehicles through rear or side ports. Arriving at Danang on 1 August 1967, Bienville was the first such container vessel to reach South Vietnam. Fuel tankers included the 190,000-barrel capacity Maumee (T-AO 149), the 140,000-barrel Cache (T-AO 67), and the 30,000-barrel Chattahoochee (T-AOG 82), the latter of which was used for storage and shuttle services in-country.
MSTS also controlled as many as 16 troop transports in the Pacific during the buildup of forces in South Vietnam. A fleet of LSTs, the number of which increased from 17 to 42 by mid-1968, handled cargo shuttling along the coast. In-port lighterage and terminal duties were accomplished by the MSTS-contracted Alaska Barge and Transport Company, which operated 19 tugs and 33 barges. The total MSTS effort ensured that the 550,000-man U.S. contingent in South Vietnam was well supplied, armed, and prepared to stay in the battle against the determined enemy.
Naval Support Activity, Saigon, which the Navy activated on 17 May 1966, two days after HSAS ceased operations, was charged with providing logistic support to naval units in the II, III, and IV Corps Tactical Zones. The newly created NAVFORV directed the operations of NSA Saigon. The support activity supplied the Navy's Coastal Surveillance Force, River Patrol Force, Riverine Assault Force, and the various specialized headquarters, offices, and detachments operating in the three southern corps areas. NSA Saigon provided the commands with ammunition, weapons, and communications equipment; transported cargo and personnel; repaired and maintained ships and craft; stocked spare parts; and built bases and facilities. Finally, NSA saw to the quartering, messing, payroll, and recreational needs of the naval officers and enlisted personnel in Vietnam.
The Saigon activity developed subordinate support bases for the combat forces similar to those of NSA Danang's. NSA Saigon detachments at Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, Cam Ranh Bay, An Thoi, Cat Lo, and Vung Tau primarily served the Market Time operation, although the last two bases were home to other naval combat units as well. The concentration of the Task Force 115 headquarters, naval air units, and other large contingents at Cam Ranh Bay required greater command authority and logistic resources. As a result, in September 1967, NSA Saigon upgraded the detachment to the Naval Support Facility, Cam Ranh Bay. Detachments were also established at Can Tho (and later moved to nearby Binh Thuy), Nha Be, Vinh Long, Sa Dec, My Tho, Tan Chau, and Long Xuyen. These units saw to the special needs of the Task Force 116 PBR commands. The Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment Dong Tam, supplied only the Mobile Riverine Force naval units.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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June / 1967
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January / 1968
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Personal Memories
Memories USS Mars continued through the next three years to provide logistic support to the far-ranging 7th Fleet at sea, especially off Vietnam, while revisiting the South Pacific ports of Hong Kong; Sasebo, Japan; and Subic Bay, Philippines. Typical of the combat storeship's supply activities was a night vertical replenishment of Canberra while the heavy cruiser was fighting off Vietnam, her 8 in (200 mm) guns on the engaged side fired in support of troops ashore. Mars had taken an especially active part in similar operations in South Vietnam. She set several replenishment records in 1967 and 1968, and into 1969 continued to play an important role in the fleet operations in the Southeast Asia area. In January 1968, Mars sailed to the waters off North Korea as part of the support fleet when the USS Pueblo was seized by North Korea.
