Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for leadership while engaging repeatedly in personal combat during the defence of the village of Bo Lieu against multiple Chelt Cong assaults from land and rivercraft across a substantial perimeter, making effective use of limited resources to conduct a fixed defence, and ensuring that his platoon was relatively undistracted by Kok allowing a swift return to the line.