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Contact Info
Home Town Northfield ,Vermont
Last Address Northfield, Vermont
Date of Passing Mar 30, 2014
Location of Interment Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery - Randolph Center, Vermont
Information extracted from full obituary published in the Times Argus, April 2, 2014
Obituaries April 02,2014
Dana L. Haggett
NORTHFIELD ? Dana L. Haggett, 66, died Sunday, March 30, 2014, at his home.
He was born May 6, 1947, in Montpelier, the son of Chester and Marilyn (Howard) Haggett.
He graduated from Northfield High School in 1965.
He was a United States Navy veteran, having served in Vietnam with the HAL-3 Seawolves as a helicopter door gunner.
On July 6, 1979, he married Lisa A. Wallen in East Randolph. She died Feb. 25, 2009.
He worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Burlington for more than 16 years.
He enjoyed Corvettes, working on cars, cooking and watching science fiction movies.
Survivors include four children; three grandchildren; his mother, of Montana; and many siblings, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister.
A graveside service is planned at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center for later this spring. In keeping with his wishes, there are no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, 600 Granger Road, Barre, VT 05641; or Central Vermont Council on Aging, 59 N. Main St., Suite 200, Barre, VT 05641.
Kingston Funeral Home in Northfield is assisting with the arrangements.
Vietnam War/Tet 69 Counteroffensive Campaign
From Month/Year
February / 1969
To Month/Year
June / 1969
Description This Campaign period was from 23 February to 8 June 1969. The overall composition of the SEALORDS task force in South Vietnam reflected the growing role of the Vietnamese Navy in the war. The newly elected administration of President Richard M. Nixon formally adopted as U.S. policy the Vietnamization program early in 1969.
The naval part of that process, termed ACTOV (Accelerated Turnover to the Vietnamese), embodied the incremental transfer to Vietnam of NAVFORV's river and coastal combatant fleet and the logistic support establishment. ACTOV was more than the provision of material, however, for the Vietnamese Navy needed training in the operation, maintenance, and repair of the U.S. equipment and in the efficient functioning of the supply system. Leadership skills at all command levels required improvement as did the general morale of naval personnel before the Vietnamese Navy would be able to fight on alone.
Spearheaded by the 564 officers and men of the Naval Advisory Group early in 1969, the U.S. Navy integrated Vietnamese sailors into the crews of American ships and craft. When sufficiently trained, the Vietnamese bluejackets and officers relieved their American counterparts, who then rotated back to the United States. As entire units came under Vietnamese Navy command, control of the various SEALORDS operations passed to that naval service as well.
