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Casualty Info
Home Town Moselle
Last Address Moselle (Jones County)
Casualty Date Aug 11, 1967
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Eastabuchie Cemetery - Jones County, Mississippi
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)/Operation Butler
From Month/Year
June / 1967
To Month/Year
June / 1967
Description Jun 9 – 12; 1 Company from each of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation in the Quảng Nam Province.