HA Clapman
Medic

HA (E-2)
Vietnam Campaign Medal
South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Vietnam Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Bronze Star Medal

Service Jacket

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Joined campaign as Pvt.
Promoted to SA.
OPERATION WEEPING RING (2024-08-16): Garrison the fire base at Khe Gio through a series of North Chelt assaults over several days. Then, move up to the west to retake the village of Lang Mau and the river crossing beyond.
OPERATION LONE YOGA (2024-10-04): Blow up the remaining caches.
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.
Mentioned in Despatches: 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.
OPERATION BUYER NET (2024-10-13): Logistics runs.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for their actions ensuring that all injured platoon members were loaded onto evacuation helicopters despite a cascading casualty situation during logistics operations in Operation Buyer Net.
OPERATION REALM LIGHT (2024-10-20): Recon patrol west of base to locate and destroy 3x radio stations.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches for creating a casualty collection point, collecting casualties to it, providing triage and medical, while defending it against close assaults and using their own body to shield the casualties during search and destroy operations in Operation Realm Light.
OPERATION BORE PUSSER (2024-11-03): With the assistance of air and light artillery (mortars) support, Endgame Red is assigned to sweep and clear the town just north of the airfield, which had been occupied by a motorised PAVN company.
OPERATION SOUSAPHONE SERVITUDE (2024-11-15): Patrol, sweep and clear a set of villages.
Bronze Star Medal: AWARDED Bronze Star Medal (BSM) for dedicated and heroic acts of competence providing solo medical support to multiple wounded while defending the aid station at the same time, at one point being so absorbed with saving the lives of their fellow marines that they passed out from their wounds sustained but which they had not had time to treat during village clearance of hostile forces during Operation Sousaphone Servitude.
OPERATION VALUABLE HALT (2024-11-29): Construction of Fort Wrench on river island chain to prevent Chelt movements over the river
OPERATION EXPEDITING TEMPO (2024-12-01): Defend a village of pro-US leaning civilians from sustained assault. Maintaining security of the sector and keeping hearts and minds pro-'FREEDOM'
South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation: AWARDED South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation for their determination to protect civilian lives from infiltration and direct attacks during the defence of the agricultural station during Operation Expediting Tempo.
OPERATION CONTENT CARROT (2025-01-17): Find and destroy the five missiles of an SA-2 GUIDELINE SAM site, its FAN SONG guidance radar and the associated supply dump.
OPERATION GRAPHIC RABBIT (2025-01-19): Search for the radio transmitters in the marked areas, then use them to triangulate the location of the command centre.
OPERATION ANOTHER INCONVENIENCE (2025-01-24): Insert into padd fields to the north of the hostile village of Pia Hom, clear the immediate area then proceed NW towards a large enemy tunnel complex. Clear it, then head home.
OPERATION SETTLER SPIRIT (2025-01-26): A flight of three helicopters (Loach, Cobra, Guns-a-G-GO) under the control of a Forward Air Controller (Bird Dog) take on multiple hostile ground targets with varying success. Upon return to base, alternative ground transport is organsied to take a convoy of supplies to an IDAP camp in the village of Phouvong, which then needed defending from hostile attacks.
OPERATION DANCING PROPOSITION (2025-03-09): A lovely little jaunt to the seaside. And a selection of islands. And a stairway which did not go to heaven.
OPERATION BLEAK ANESTHESIOLOGY (2025-03-14): End Game Red is tasked with clearing the fortified and defended villages of Ban Hoang, Binh Minh, An Hoa, Lac My, and Pet Mep. The defenders are well prepared, and holding hostages, making it a tough task for our marines.
OPERATION WELFARE HYENA (2025-03-21): EGR is sent to sweep the Mekong Delta for four AA guns known to be operating in the area.