Lyon, Alan J., Sgt

 
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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Sergeant
Current/Last Primary MOS
0311-Rifleman
Primary Unit
1967-1969, 0311, H&S Co, 1st Bn, 7th Marines (1/7)
Service Years
1959 - 1986
Other Languages
Korean
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Voice Edition
Sergeant
One Hash Mark

 Official Badges 

Joint Chiefs Service Defense Intelligence Agency French Fourragere US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge US Army Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Cold War Tet Offensive Commemorative Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)1st Battalion, 7th Marines Vietnam Combat VeteransMarine Corps Mustang AssociationDepartment of Illinois
  1987, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
  1999, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines Vietnam Combat Veterans
  2015, Marine Corps Mustang Association
  2023, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Department of Illinois (Life Member) (Springfield, Illinois)


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Playing golf (with a new set of PXG's...my last 2 sets couldn't swim), visiting friends, traveling, collecting movies, reading books (fantasy/adventure), and generally living the dream.


   
Other Comments:

Invited by Nat Holmes (SGT/Deceased) and John Foster (GYSGT)

   


Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)/Battle of Duong Lam
From Month/Year
February / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1968

Description
On the ground in the 7th Marines sector, North Vietnamese units hit several of the Combined Action platoons, especially in the 3d and 1st Battalion areas. One of the major attacks was against CAP B-3 in the hamlet of Duong Lam just below the Tuy Loan River. Shortly after 0100 on the 6th, enemy gunners opened up on the hamlet with intermittent mortar rounds and small-arms fire. About an hour later, North Vietnamese troops who had infiltrated Duong Lam rushed the CAP compound.

While successfully beating back the enemy onslaught, the Combined Action leader called for help. At 0240, a squad from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, supported by two tanks from the 1st Tank Battalion, moved to assist the embattled CAP unit. The reaction force itself came under automatic weapons fire and enemy rocket- propelled grenades disabled the two tanks.

About 0330, two more Marine tanks from the district town of Hieu Duc arrived at the northern fringes of the hamlet. The armored force pushed through the hamlet and encountered only occasional small-arms fire. Joining up with the squad from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines and some newly arrived ARVN troops, the tanks then relieved the Combined Action garrison. The combined force then swept the general area where they found two enemy bodies and took three prisoners.

According to the prisoner accounts, they were from the 3d Battalion, 31st NVA Regiment and confirmed that ". . . Da Nang itself was the ultimate objective."
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
February / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1968
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  35 Also There at This Battle:
 
  • Bennington, Ronald, Cpl, (1966-1973)
  • BRADY, MARK, Cpl, (1966-1968)
  • Downs, James, Cpl, (1966-1969)
  • Enera, Gregory, Sgt, (1967-1970)
  • Gasper, Robert, GySgt, (1967-1983)
  • Greenleaf, Malcolm, MSgt, (1964-1986)
  • Hammick, David, SSgt, (1963-1975)
  • Holmes, Jon, Sgt, (1967-1971)
  • Livingston, Lawrence, MGen, (1960-1997)
  • Magness, Tim, Sgt, (1967-1973)
  • McMahon, Charlie, Cpl, (1966-1968)
  • Readinger, Mike, Cpl, (1966-1969)
  • Schmick, William, Sgt, (1966-1970)
  • Seeley, Gary, LCpl, (1968-1970)
  • Viviano, Bobby, LCpl, (1967-1969)
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