On 7 April, a SEAL reconnaissance team suffered heavy casualties while engaging an enemy unit near the mouth of the Vam Sat River, in the Bung Sat Special Zone . The SEALs were conducting reconnaissance by fire from their armored LCM-3 when the enemy opened fire from positions on the bank.
As the SEALs began returning the enemy fire, three SEALs were killed when a Viet Cong mortar round burst above their amored LCM, forward of the coxswain's position, showering the boat with shrapnel. The three SEALs were LTJ5 D. M. MANN, USN, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class D. E. BOSTON, USN, and Radioman Third Class R. K. NEAL, USN— and wounded 12 other Americans and two Vietnamese. The team withdrew to the Soirap River in order to evacuate the wounded.
As the SEALs began returning the enemy fire, three SEALs were killed when a Viet Cong mortar round burst above their amored LCM, forward of the coxswain's position, showering the boat with shrapnel. The three SEALs were LTJ5 D. M. MANN, USN, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class D. E. BOSTON, USN, and Radioman Third Class R. K. NEAL, USN— and wounded 12 other Americans and two Vietnamese. The team withdrew to the Soirap River in order to evacuate the wounded.
On 7 April, a SEAL reconnaissance team suffered heavy casualties while engaging an enemy unit near the mouth of the Vam Sat River, in the Bung Sat Special Zone . The SEALs were conducting reconnaissance by fire from their armored LCM-3 when the enemy opened fire from positions on the bank.
As the SEALs began returning the enemy fire, three SEALs were killed when a Viet Cong mortar round burst above their amored LCM, forward of the coxswain's position, showering the boat with shrapnel. The three SEALs were LTJ5 D. M. MANN, USN, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class D. E. BOSTON, USN, and Radioman Third Class R. K. NEAL, USN— and wounded 12 other Americans and two Vietnamese. The team withdrew to the Soirap River in order to evacuate the wounded.
As the SEALs began returning the enemy fire, three SEALs were killed when a Viet Cong mortar round burst above their amored LCM, forward of the coxswain's position, showering the boat with shrapnel. The three SEALs were LTJ5 D. M. MANN, USN, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class D. E. BOSTON, USN, and Radioman Third Class R. K. NEAL, USN— and wounded 12 other Americans and two Vietnamese. The team withdrew to the Soirap River in order to evacuate the wounded.
Inscription
IC3 US NAVY
SEAL TEAM 1
VIETNAM
Gravesite Details
On the Wall Panel 17E Line 114
