Harlingen, Texas
Enlisted - 1965
Completed Service - 1985
Service-Disabled Veteran
Military Occupation Specialties
- 09B Basic Trainee
- 11B Infantryman
- 12B Combat Engineer
- 13A Field Artillery Basic
- 13B Cannon Crewmember
- 13Z Field Artillery Senior Sergeant
- 92Y Unit Supply Specialist
- 92Z Senior Noncommissioned Logistician
Training
- Army Basic Training, Ft Polk LA, 1965
- Field Artillery Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, OK, 1965
- Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, Fort Lewis, WA, 1969
- Quartermaster Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, VA, 1972
Military Service
Cold War (1945-1991)
- Vietnam War (1959-1975)
- Operation Steel Tiger (part of Operation Barrel Roll, Barrell Roll), Laos
- Phoenix Program (Operation Phoenix), CIA
- Operation Attleboro, NW of Dau Tieng, Binh Duong Province
- Operation Bolo
- Operation Deckhouse V/Operation Song Than, Kien Hoa Province
- Operation Cedar Falls, Cu Chi District, Binh Duong Province
- Operation Junction City, Tay Ninh Province
- Battle of Dak To, Kon Tum Province
- Battle in the Mekong Delta
- Battle of Tam Quan, Binh Dinh Province
- Operation Niagara, Khe Sahn Combat Base, Quang Tri Province
- Battle of Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province
- Battle of Hue, Thua Thien Province
- First Battle of Saigon (1968)
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Battle of Bien Hoa (Tet Offensive)
- Battle of Kham Duc, Quang Tin Province
- Operation Igloo White, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Laos