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Casualty Info
Home Town Dublin
Last Address Dallas, TX
Casualty Date Mar 12, 1969
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Go Cong (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Restland Memorial Park - Dallas, Texas
Several Beach Jumper teams were active in the Vietnam War, responsible for tactical deception and for employing psychological operations (PSYOPS), which was also their unclassified cover activity. They operated from several naval platforms including the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) and USS Tripoli (LPH-10). Their primary mission was to assist and support the operating forces in the conduct of Tactical Cover and Deception. They conducted monitoring, tape preparation and Soviet Signal Intelligence SIGINT trawler jamming missions from destroyers. Some of the men became paratroopers, possibly to add credibility to the Beach Jumper cover name.
