PFC Srsen #2196925
MOS:0311 Rifleman.
On his arrival in Vietnam Steve was assigned
to 1st Platoon of Alpha Company,1st Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment,3rd Marine Division.
Tour of duty unknown.
Steve died 2 days after his 20th birthday.
Survived by his parents;Albert S & Rhanghil K
Srsen of 15925 Via Arroyo,San Lorenzo,CA.
For extraordinary heroism as a Rifleman while serving with Company A, First Battalion, Third Marines in the Republic of Vietnam on 27 January 1967. Private First Class Srsen was with the First Platoon, Company A, when it was engaged in action as a reaction force assigned to link up with a reconnaissance patrol. Early the next morning following the linkup, Private First Class Srsen's squad came under heavy small-arms fire and grenade attack. When an enemy grenade landed in his squad's position, Private First Class Srsen warned three other members of the squad, allowing them to take cover and escape injury. Wounded in his right side and leg from the grenade, Private First Class Srsen, after being treated by a corpsman requested permission to return to his position in the perimeter. Approximately thirty minutes later another enemy grenade landed close to another Marine and Private First Class Srsen gallantly pushed him to the ground, thereby saving his life. Mortally wounded by the exploding grenade, Private First Class Srsen, by his dauntless courage and grave concern for another had risked his life to save that of a fellow Marine, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
For the President,
/s/ Paul R. Ignatius
Secretary of the Navy
MOS:0311 Rifleman.
On his arrival in Vietnam Steve was assigned
to 1st Platoon of Alpha Company,1st Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment,3rd Marine Division.
Tour of duty unknown.
Steve died 2 days after his 20th birthday.
Survived by his parents;Albert S & Rhanghil K
Srsen of 15925 Via Arroyo,San Lorenzo,CA.
For extraordinary heroism as a Rifleman while serving with Company A, First Battalion, Third Marines in the Republic of Vietnam on 27 January 1967. Private First Class Srsen was with the First Platoon, Company A, when it was engaged in action as a reaction force assigned to link up with a reconnaissance patrol. Early the next morning following the linkup, Private First Class Srsen's squad came under heavy small-arms fire and grenade attack. When an enemy grenade landed in his squad's position, Private First Class Srsen warned three other members of the squad, allowing them to take cover and escape injury. Wounded in his right side and leg from the grenade, Private First Class Srsen, after being treated by a corpsman requested permission to return to his position in the perimeter. Approximately thirty minutes later another enemy grenade landed close to another Marine and Private First Class Srsen gallantly pushed him to the ground, thereby saving his life. Mortally wounded by the exploding grenade, Private First Class Srsen, by his dauntless courage and grave concern for another had risked his life to save that of a fellow Marine, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
For the President,
/s/ Paul R. Ignatius
Secretary of the Navy
PFC Srsen #2196925
MOS:0311 Rifleman.
On his arrival in Vietnam Steve was assigned
to 1st Platoon of Alpha Company,1st Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment,3rd Marine Division.
Tour of duty unknown.
Steve died 2 days after his 20th birthday.
Survived by his parents;Albert S & Rhanghil K
Srsen of 15925 Via Arroyo,San Lorenzo,CA.
For extraordinary heroism as a Rifleman while serving with Company A, First Battalion, Third Marines in the Republic of Vietnam on 27 January 1967. Private First Class Srsen was with the First Platoon, Company A, when it was engaged in action as a reaction force assigned to link up with a reconnaissance patrol. Early the next morning following the linkup, Private First Class Srsen's squad came under heavy small-arms fire and grenade attack. When an enemy grenade landed in his squad's position, Private First Class Srsen warned three other members of the squad, allowing them to take cover and escape injury. Wounded in his right side and leg from the grenade, Private First Class Srsen, after being treated by a corpsman requested permission to return to his position in the perimeter. Approximately thirty minutes later another enemy grenade landed close to another Marine and Private First Class Srsen gallantly pushed him to the ground, thereby saving his life. Mortally wounded by the exploding grenade, Private First Class Srsen, by his dauntless courage and grave concern for another had risked his life to save that of a fellow Marine, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
For the President,
/s/ Paul R. Ignatius
Secretary of the Navy
MOS:0311 Rifleman.
On his arrival in Vietnam Steve was assigned
to 1st Platoon of Alpha Company,1st Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment,3rd Marine Division.
Tour of duty unknown.
Steve died 2 days after his 20th birthday.
Survived by his parents;Albert S & Rhanghil K
Srsen of 15925 Via Arroyo,San Lorenzo,CA.
For extraordinary heroism as a Rifleman while serving with Company A, First Battalion, Third Marines in the Republic of Vietnam on 27 January 1967. Private First Class Srsen was with the First Platoon, Company A, when it was engaged in action as a reaction force assigned to link up with a reconnaissance patrol. Early the next morning following the linkup, Private First Class Srsen's squad came under heavy small-arms fire and grenade attack. When an enemy grenade landed in his squad's position, Private First Class Srsen warned three other members of the squad, allowing them to take cover and escape injury. Wounded in his right side and leg from the grenade, Private First Class Srsen, after being treated by a corpsman requested permission to return to his position in the perimeter. Approximately thirty minutes later another enemy grenade landed close to another Marine and Private First Class Srsen gallantly pushed him to the ground, thereby saving his life. Mortally wounded by the exploding grenade, Private First Class Srsen, by his dauntless courage and grave concern for another had risked his life to save that of a fellow Marine, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
For the President,
/s/ Paul R. Ignatius
Secretary of the Navy
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