Service Jacket
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Promoted to SA.
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.
Bronze Star Medal: AWARDED Bronze Star Medal (BSM) for near-suidical heroism in closing with an enemy armoured vehicle that was engaging the unit with sustained and direct HE fire, using the limited cover available to advance and then attacking the vehicle at extremely short ranges to maximise the potential for damage, distracting the occupants of the vehicle such that friendly HE attacks could disable it, accepting the wounds from the detonations of the vehicle as necessary during sweep and clearance missions as part of Operation Sousaphone Servitude.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for actions as part of the defence of a friendly village, counterattacking an enemy push that had penetrated the outer perimeter and holding long enough for other fire teams to react, sustaining several wounds but not quitting his position until friendly elements had stabilised the line during Operation Freak Havoc.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for diligent support of the US Catering Corps in testing multiple different MRE rations within a short space of time and permitting medical services to evaluate the effects of such combinations and spacings on the marine body, during Operation Extralarge Adoption.
Noted on File: ORDERED TDY 1 week Pleiko Naval Station for cross training with US Army Veterinary Corps following activity during Operation Extralarge Adoption
OPERATION VALUABLE HALT (2024-11-29):
Construction of Fort Wrench on river island chain to prevent Chelt movements over the river
Navy and Marine Corps Medal: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for expert construction of fortifications and defensive positions during the defence of the island chain during Operation Valuable Halt.
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'
Purple Heart
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 TYPHOON HAND (2024-12-06):
Patrol with air support to take out 2 radio towers, 2 command centres and a logistics base.
OPERATION TOREADOR LADY (2025-01-03):
Patrol around the roads by Ban Phiadouang. Land mines, rickshaws, and swarms of Chelt.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for demonstrating calm bravery and skill at arms when he swept an enemy compound during a swamp patrol in Operation Wiping Litmus, neutralising a number of threats and allowing the fire team to sweep and clear the objective, then showcasing Marine marksmanship when stopping a charging Chelt Cong infiltrator from rushing an at-work medic with a single round during the post-combat phase.
OPERATION COMPASSIONATE BURRITO (2025-01-12):
Combat Patrol west of The Bra, clearing Ban Onglouang (PH Barbie Girl) then fortifying it up to withstand attacks overnight. Following day, push down the road to Antoum top clear some bastards out of fortified rocks.
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.
Purple Heart
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.
Mentioned in Despatches: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for showcasing tunnel fighting drill during underground combat in enemy complexes near Pia Hom in Operation Another inconvenience, both in close quarters action and through marking tunnels and critical points consistently to allow successful navigation and clearance.
OPERATION GEOLOGY INSPECTOR (2025-02-28):
Insert deep behind Chelt lines and assault the SA-2 GUIDELINE site at Thud Ridge. To destroy: 7 x launchers, 1 x FAN SONG radar, 2 x backup radar trucks. Destroyed: 4 x launcher, 1 x FAN SONG, 1 x backup radar truck, and back across the bridge 75 seconds before the SF unit holding it were due to disengage.
OPERATION PRESS RECORDING (2025-03-02):
SAR for the crew of an A-3D Skywarrior bomber down in the vicinity of Fuck That. While TACAIR was available and landed some hefty strikes (some on the enemy, and some on the platoon) difficulty with radio propagation meant that in the end, a Herculean effort from the infantry was required instead.
OPERATION PRIZE MANOR (2025-03-07):
At the behest of Colonel Sunray, EGR is tasked to escort the wallet of an ARVN Major from San Bay Ban airfield to the village of Niem Tin, where said Major was last known to be. The only heli has a prior engagement in Saigon, so the unit are issued with a machine gun truck, and an AA truck, and must convoy through hostile territory to reunite the Major and his cash.
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.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for closing on an enemy crewed weapon position and clearing it with accurate use of hand grenades, allowing the rest of the platoon to move up and avoid the ambush from a waiting concentration of enemy infantry.
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.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for actions in the assault and clearance of enemy fortified villages in the Binh Minh district during Operation Bleak Anaesthesiology. As well as supplying explosive charges to breach defence lines, CA Wrench showed initiative in constantly looking for options for flanking angles to give supportive fire, a tactic which also doubled as a way to identify enemy machine gun positions.
South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation: AWARDED South Cheltnamese Gallantry Cross for the liberation of hostages and multiple Chelt-Cong controlled villages in the vicinity of Ban Hoang during Operation Bleak Anaesthesiology.
Mentioned in Despatches: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for contributing to medical science by increasing human understanding of just how much blood an individual can lose due to multiple machine gun bullet holes and remain alive, as a result of treatment interactions in Operation Bleak Anaesthesiology.
Mentioned in Despatches: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for supporting the defence of the village of Bru during Operation Disloyal Apricot, constructing and manning defences to hold back enemy attacks until USMC QRF could respond.
OPERATION CRUST OPENING (2025-04-18):
The dastardly French have made a sly, backroom deal to sell dairy centrafuges to the North Chelt government. To prevent them from using this technology to increase the intensity of fat in their cream, EGR is tasked with a search and recovery mission. Using helos to search the landscape, find the convoys carrying these centrafuges, secure the trucks, then recover them to any available US base.
Presidential Unit Citation: AWARDED Presidential Unit Citation for successful completion of Operation Crust Opening, intercepting a delivery of dairy centrifuges that will undoubtedly set back cream enrichment operations in North ChelteNam by years and in so doing supporting US strategic attempts at signing an anti-profiteroleation treaty with key states.
OPERATION SPOILING GHOST (2025-04-20):
Endgame Red is tasked with Red Teaming Monkey Mountain, a key US communications facility. Wearing North Chelt gear and using captured weapons modified to fire blanks the aim was to reach and take the base.
OPERATION IGNORING LEAVE (2025-04-25):
Sneaky beaky night mission over the border into Dorset to observe and recover/destroy information on the new weapon, Wild Wurzel, which is being surreptitiously refitted to North CheltNamese aircraft by the theoretically neutral forces of the Dorset dairy farm leadership under the rule of Chairman Moo.
Silver Star Medal: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Silver Star Medal (SSM) for distinguishing himself with great courage and skill during night fighting as part of the raid on Gia Lam airbase in Operation Ignoring Leave. After setting up demolition charges on several aircraft whilst under heavy fire, CA Wrench then participated in the assault on the enemy HQ. Closing with an airmobile QRF short platoon disembarking from an MI-8, he acted without regard for his personal safety to reach a distance at which he could destroy the helicopter with a satchel charge, suppressing the dismounts and saving the remainder of his unit from being overrun, as they were at the time reconstituting from a mass casualty event, assuredly saving the mission from failure.
Navy Unit Commendation: AWARDED Navy Unit Citation for actions to prevent Dorset-ChelteNam technology transfers that could have critically affected the war effort during Operation Ignoring Leave
Killed in Action - 2025-04-25