Retired Medically.............. Commandant Department of Arizona, Marine Corps League
Past Commandant 2013 to 2015, and 2018, White Tank Mountain Detachment 1246
Past Departments Commander of Arizona, Military Order of the Purple Heart, 1999-2002
Other Comments:
Veterans Advorsary. And a Inductee of the; Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame, Class of 2007,
Purle Heart Patriot of the year Department of Arizona, 2013,
Marine of the Year Department of Arizona, 2015,
Vietnam Veterans of America Achivement Medal 2016,
Dog of the Year, Military Order of the Devil Dog, 2017-2018,
Senator Martha McSally, Veterans Distinction of the Year Award August 24,2019,
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Macon
From Month/Year
July / 1966
To Month/Year
October / 1966
Description Jul 4 – Oct 27; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines search and destroy and security operation for the An Hoa industrial complex in the Quảng Nam Province.
Operation MACON began when two VC companies ambushed one Marine company on a routine search and clear mission NE of An Hoa. An Hoa was to be the site of an industrial complex and was politically important to the GVN and hence the military. By the end of the day, III MAF developed the operation that normally consisted of a single battalion-size force but for a few days had five battalions.
There were three phases to the operation which finally concluded on 27 October. The operation claimed 507 enemy KIA versus 24 US KIAs and 172 WIAs.
