Douglas the son of Alfred L. Scroggins and Bertha M. Scroggins of Wing Alabama enlisted in the US Marine Corps on October 26 1967 in Montgomery AL. He arrived in Vietnam on August 5 1968 where he was assigned for duty and served with Company G, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
During the month of August the Battalion continued to participate on Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, with their Command Post at An Hoa, and provide security for Liberty Bridge with one Company positioned at Phu Lac 6 in Duy Xuyen District of Quang Nam Province. On August 8, Company G came into contact with the enemy on the north bank of the Son Thu Bon (River) in the near the Giao Thuy village complex. A heavy volume of small arms fire and rocket propelled fire greeted the advancing Marines, and as the men moved forward the gun fire intensified slowing the advance. Air strikes enabled the Marine to sweep though the enemy defenses, with a loss of seven men killed in the action and twenty wounded. One of the casualties was PFC Douglas Scroggins he was killed in action by hostile rocket fire.
During the month of August the Battalion continued to participate on Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, with their Command Post at An Hoa, and provide security for Liberty Bridge with one Company positioned at Phu Lac 6 in Duy Xuyen District of Quang Nam Province. On August 8, Company G came into contact with the enemy on the north bank of the Son Thu Bon (River) in the near the Giao Thuy village complex. A heavy volume of small arms fire and rocket propelled fire greeted the advancing Marines, and as the men moved forward the gun fire intensified slowing the advance. Air strikes enabled the Marine to sweep though the enemy defenses, with a loss of seven men killed in the action and twenty wounded. One of the casualties was PFC Douglas Scroggins he was killed in action by hostile rocket fire.
Douglas the son of Alfred L. Scroggins and Bertha M. Scroggins of Wing Alabama enlisted in the US Marine Corps on October 26 1967 in Montgomery AL. He arrived in Vietnam on August 5 1968 where he was assigned for duty and served with Company G, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
During the month of August the Battalion continued to participate on Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, with their Command Post at An Hoa, and provide security for Liberty Bridge with one Company positioned at Phu Lac 6 in Duy Xuyen District of Quang Nam Province. On August 8, Company G came into contact with the enemy on the north bank of the Son Thu Bon (River) in the near the Giao Thuy village complex. A heavy volume of small arms fire and rocket propelled fire greeted the advancing Marines, and as the men moved forward the gun fire intensified slowing the advance. Air strikes enabled the Marine to sweep though the enemy defenses, with a loss of seven men killed in the action and twenty wounded. One of the casualties was PFC Douglas Scroggins he was killed in action by hostile rocket fire.
During the month of August the Battalion continued to participate on Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, with their Command Post at An Hoa, and provide security for Liberty Bridge with one Company positioned at Phu Lac 6 in Duy Xuyen District of Quang Nam Province. On August 8, Company G came into contact with the enemy on the north bank of the Son Thu Bon (River) in the near the Giao Thuy village complex. A heavy volume of small arms fire and rocket propelled fire greeted the advancing Marines, and as the men moved forward the gun fire intensified slowing the advance. Air strikes enabled the Marine to sweep though the enemy defenses, with a loss of seven men killed in the action and twenty wounded. One of the casualties was PFC Douglas Scroggins he was killed in action by hostile rocket fire.
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