McKenney, Norman LaForest, ET2

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

Last Primary NEC
ET-9608-Radar Technician (AN/SPS-67(V)3)

Last Rating/NEC Group
Electronics Technician

Primary Unit
1966-1968, ET-0000, Unit 5 - Vung Ro, IUWG-1 WESTPAC Detachment

Service Years
1960 - 1968

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Personal Details

Home State

Maine

Year of Birth
1939

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Casualty Info

Home Town Thorndike, ME	Last Address Thorndike, Maine

Casualty Date Jun 06, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Khanh Hoa (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Freedom, Maine	Wall/Plot Coordinates 59W 009

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	Histories for IUWG ONE UNITS 1-5 Vietnam... posted by Burgdorf, Tommy (Birddog), FC2 439

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.