Service Jacket
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
OPERATION LAWN PRESERVER (2024-09-01):
Take a convoy of highly explosive crates and a fully fuelled tanker to the forward base.
OPERATION PITCH TRUNKS (2024-09-06):
Assault the old palace at Beaulieu. And dysentery. Don't forget the dysentery.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for actions in spotting and eliminating an enemy mortar position close to the platoon's route of advance towards the enemy complex that would, had it come into operation, caused significant casualties during the assault on the Cheltnamese position in the old palace of Bao Lieu during Operation Pitch Trunks.
OPERATION KNOWING BRONCO (2024-09-08):
Find Old Ben and retrieve his intelligence. No, not venerable Ben, elderly Ben, ancient Ben or Gentle Ben.
OPERATION MOUSE AUDIT (2024-09-13):
Multiple training exercises to practise the assault on the criminal stronghold known as the "Collonial House", and the securing of the HVT known as "Significant Kevin" of the "Massive Jungle Massive."
OPERATION WEAK FELLOW (2024-09-15):
Operation to locate and destroy enemy valley base in mountains NW of Ninh Tho
OPERATION HYDRANT DELIGHT (2024-09-20):
Drive the mortars around, set them up, perform the fire missions, and get out. What could go wrong?
OPERATION ATTENTION LYE (2024-09-22):
Drive the truck up to the firebase, and then defend it while we try to get the parts for the radio to get help, as we're assaulted for many days on end by waves of Chelty bastards. And a mortar. And a flame tank. And rockets.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for killing several artillery observers and eliminating the driver of an IED truck during the defence of Firebase Warden in Operation Attention Lye
Navy Unit Commendation: AWARDED Navy Unit Commendation for dedicated and determined repair and defence of an overrun firebase, preventing the loss of material and the location to the surrounding consolidating enemy forces, and holding fast despite determined attacks by large numbers of hostiles until relief troops could arrive in Operation Attention Lye.
OPERATION BEAR CHANGE (2024-09-27):
SAR Operation to recover the 5 crew members of a downed E2 Hawkeye aircraft.
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.
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.
Bronze Star Medal: 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.
Promoted to PFC.