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Marine LCpl Harold Stanley Bern.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Powers
Last Address Powers, Or.
Casualty Date Sep 06, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Quang Tin (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Powers Cemetery - Powers, Oregon
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)/Operation Swift
From Month/Year
September / 1967
To Month/Year
September / 1967
Description Operation Swift (September 4–15, 1967) was a military operation that took place in the Vietnam War. The mission, involving forces of the 1st Marine Division, was carried out to rescue two Marine companies which had been previously ambushed by the North Vietnamese Army.
Launched on September 4, 1967 the ensuing battles killed 127 Americans and an estimated 600 North Vietnamese. Despite their withdrawal after having suffered much higher losses, the NVA had accomplished their objective of intercepting an American offensive operation and inflicting remarkable casualties.
