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Casualty Info
Home Town Colma
Last Address Colma
Casualty Date Jul 07, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment San Francisco National Cemetery (VA) - San Francisco, California
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Deckhouse V / Song Than
From Month/Year
January / 1967
To Month/Year
January / 1967
Description Jan 6 – 15; SLF 1st Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd and 4th Battalions Vietnamese Marines operation supported by HMM-362 from the USS Iwo Jima in the Kien Hoa Province. First direct commitment of US troops to combat in Delta region. The target area was the VC's Thunh Phu Secret Zone, which had been controlled bu guerillas for 20 years.