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Casualty Info
Home Town Hyannis, MA
Last Address Hyannis, MA
Casualty Date Sep 25, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Tonkin Gulf
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Oak Neck Cemetery - Hyannis, Massachusetts
SAIGON (AP) - One round from North Vietnamese shore batteries hit the 2,200-ton U.S. Navy destroyer Mansfield in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing one crewman and wounding two others, the Navy announced today.
The Navy said the round Monday punched a hole four feet in diameter at the base of the destroyer's stack and cut a few lighting cables. Forty-seven more rounds fell into the water around the ship.
The Mansfield, which has six five-inch guns, was firing on waterborne supply craft near Dong Hoi, about 35 miles north of the demilitarized zone.
Shrapnel penetrated the forward fireroom and a passageway but inflicted only light damage, the Navy said.
"The destroyer responded by returning numerous rounds of fire from her five-inch guns until the coastal defense site became silent," a Navy communique said. "The casualties were then evacuated to the anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS Hornet."
