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Jack Columbus Rittichier (August 17, 1933 – June 9, 1968) was the highest-ranked American Coast Guard officer killed during the Vietnam War [1] and the first Coast Guardsman killed in action during the Vietnam War. [2]
[15] [16] The Coast Guard had only a very minor role in combat operations during the Korean War and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Edwin J. Roland, responded to the request by offering the use of 82-foot (25 m) Point-class cutters (WPB) and 40-foot (12 m) utility boats, fearing that, if the Coast Guard were left out of a role in ...
Hernandez earned a high school equivalency certificate while he was in the Coast Guard. [2] In the spring of 1968 he was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron One in South Vietnam, serving aboard USCGC Point Cypress. Hernandez was known for volunteering for dangerous duty, like the excursion where he was mortally wounded.
The PAVN also moved to take control of a number of islands formerly controlled by the now-defunct South Vietnam and other territories and islands contested between Vietnam and Cambodia. [1]: 195 On 1 May 1975 Khmer Rouge forces landed on Phú Quốc which was claimed by Cambodia but controlled by South Vietnam. [2]
Richard H. Patterson (November 6, 1931 – April 12, 2010) was a chief petty officer in the United States Coast Guard, decorated for saving the crew of his vessel, USCGC Point Welcome after the skipper and executive officer became casualties during a 1966 friendly fire attack, in Vietnam. [2] [3] Patterson was born in 1931 and grew up in ...
Deaths in Vietnam War (1954–75) per R. J. Rummel (except where otherwise noted) [8] Low estimate of deaths Middle estimate of deaths High estimate of deaths Notes and comments North Vietnam/Viet Cong military and civilian war dead 533,000: 1,062,000: 1,489,000: includes an estimated 50,000/65,000/70,000 civilians killed by U.S/SVN bombing ...
The United States Coast Guard ... in Vietnam in 1967, where the Coast Guard was a part of ... a mass casualty explosion that resulted in the deaths of 11 crew members ...
Personnel of the United States Coast Guard during the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Pages in category "United States Coast Guard personnel of the Vietnam War" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.