Operation Death Sphinx

Campaign: ChelteNam · Sun 6 Oct 2024

OPERATION RECORD // AFTER ACTION REPORT

Operation Summary

Find the secret entrance to the enemy base through the cave on the riverfront, work your way up, find the intel and destroy the base.

Medals

Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for holding the entrance to the enemy tunnel network against sustained plunging fire and mounting casualties, preventing the enemy from collapsing it and forcing the platoon into a frontal assault with murderous potential casualties during Operation Death Sphinx. (by Admin)
Noted on File
Reason: TELEGRAM The Department of the Navy wishes to inform his family that efforts to locate him either as a prisoner of war or his remains if he has fallen remain a priority to the Corps (MIA status). (by Admin)
Bronze Star Medal
Reason: AWARDED Bronze Star Medal (BSM) for assaulting a flooded tunnel entrance to a hidden Cheltnamese base in order to allow the rest of the platoon to enter the tunnel mouth and use this as a location for casualty support, before pushing forward to defend this station while under heavy fire from the base's defenders with a scratch built unit of the operational remains of both fireteams during Operation Death Sphinx. (by Admin)
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for dragging wounded to safety at huge risk to themselves during underwater tunnel fighting to secure a hidden chelt cong base during Operation Death Sphinx. (by Admin)
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for eliminating enemy snipers blocking the platoon's route to the underwater entrances of the enemy base while continuing to triage and treat wounded during Operation Death Sphinx. (by Admin)
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Reason: AWARDED Star to his Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for acting with skill during the clearance of tunnel complexes as part of the point team, revealing enemy fire points, weapons caches and ambush locations during Operation Death Sphinx. (by Admin)
Bronze Star Medal
Reason: AWARDED Bronze Star Medal (BSM) for repeatedly risking his life to increase the safety and effectiveness of his squadmates when acting as point element during tunnel fighting in the securing of the Cheltnamese underground fortress in Operation Death Sphinx. (by Admin)
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal

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