Service Jacket
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
OPERATION PLATINUM FLAIR (2022-12-11):
Tap the island at Ha Long Bay. First get the tap map. By means of the tap map rap. Then tap the island and home for tea and medals. Oh yeah. I'd tap that.
OPERATION PATTING LOCKET (2022-12-18):
Air assault on the village of Ban Soung, then air move to LZ CUSTER to hold it against ongoing Chelt assault - things got a little bit spicy.
(THE USMC would like to clarify that PATTING LOCKET is not a euphemism for any lesbian activity, Victorian or otherwise.)
OPERATION MAJOR CELEBRITY (2022-12-30):
Begin clearing and sweeping the area for not-Liberation of CheltNam. They have a FLAMETHROWER. Wait. Scratch that. KENT has a FLAMETHROWER.
OPERATION WESTERN ENTREPRENEUR (2023-01-06):
Take a vehicle to the smugglers' camp, and clear the command post on the way, then move out to the west to raid more supplies and intel. And then hit that command post AGAIN on the way back.
OPERATION QUESTIONABLE IDIOT (2023-01-08):
Re-take the supply and repair depot, then move south to take out the.. OH SHIT IT'S THE COMMAND ROCK
OPERATION CONSTANT TIMBER (2023-01-15):
Southern patrol route through the AO, with several close calls with a lot of fiery doom and running around like morons trying to find any surviving supplies.
OPERATION EUPHORIC DIABETES (2024-01-14):
Enemy spotters suspected at three locations. Endgame Red sent in to carry out foot patrols to find them and give them the bad news.
OPERATION VANITY SNOB (2024-01-21):
SAR Ops.
Scramble 1: A4 pilot crashed in a mountain valley north of Hue, near medium mobile AAA battery on plateau, pilot ejected. Pilot recovered alive by Endgame Red but killed by Chelt Cong recoilless fire near escape LZ.
Scramble 2: Two ejected pilots linked up during E&E and took shelter in a shop in Attapeu before it was occupied by a CC Main Force with light armour and vehicle support. Both pilots recovered successfully, Covey-1 shot down but recovered from the site successfully.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for skill in engaging a battle tank with light ordnance to suppress its fire and protect other members of his squad during the battle of Attapeu, Operation Vanity Snob.
Promoted to PFC.
OPERATION LUMBERING SORGHUM (2024-07-07):
The area north of San Bay Ban has been kept under observation, and large numbers of North Chelt forces have been seen moving around the area. Intel believes there are hostile bases there and so Endgame Red is set to find and destroy them.
Purple Heart
OPERATION SUBSTANCE MELON (2024-08-04):
In which we have a two day pass in Hue, and so does the chelt uprising. Stealth is optional.
We had a gunfight in a market. And a hospital. And a factory. And a suburb. And a consulate. It was a jolly wizard time and we were able to recover the crucial intel command had secreted in a variety of locations around the city like veritable ghosts, flirting from one shadow to another. It is doubtful that the Chelt even knew were were there.
South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation: AWARDED South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation for their effective and vital contributions to the suppression of insolent students during the Hue Uprising as part of Operation Substance Melon.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for exercising great independence of thought and initiative when individually close assaulting a building to eliminate enfilading fire the platoon would receive as they massed and assaulted a completely different building, thus preventing casualties in the chaotic situation of the Hue Uprising during Operation Substance Melon.
OPERATION ASTROLOGER SILENCE (2024-08-11):
Push the right flank of the plain of jars, taking the hills which overlook the route of advance. Following this, escort friendly armor and sweep West to secure a vital line of communication. Hold salient against enemy assault from the North, East, and South in order to enable follow on forces to secure additional positions.
Bronze Star Medal: AWARDED Bronze Star Medal with Combat V (BSM) for expert marksmanship with the grenade launcher, risking his life to fire upon and destroy multiple enemy vehicles with a single grenade round and preventing their accompanying armoured unit from breaking through the platoon's defensive position at a critical road junction during heavy combat to secure the Plain of Jars during Operation Astrologer Silence.
OPERATION WEAK FELLOW (2024-09-15):
Operation to locate and destroy enemy valley base in mountains NW of Ninh Tho
Bronze Star Medal: AWARDED Star to his Bronze Star Medal with Combat V (BSM) for deliberately exposing himself to sustained enemy fire in order to lay down a blocking wall of HE grenades when the platoon position was about to be overrun, receiving multiple serious wounds in doing so but preventing the enemy envelopment and allowing the platoon to recover wounded and push through the counterattack in the intense battle to destroy an enemy valley base NW of Ninh Tho during Operation Weak Fellow.
OPERATION PAINTED EARDRUM (2024-09-29):
Assault and take a hill (OP Bandersnatch) to get intel about supply caches. And then go blow up the caches.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for the destruction of a lethal enemy AAA vehicle which was applying heavy suppression to the platoon, allowing the unit to maintain Operational tempo and avoid being pinned and overrun during manoeuvres to destroy enemy supply caches during Operation Painted Eardrum.
OPERATION DEATH SPHINX (2024-10-06):
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.
Noted on File: 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).