Robert Joseph Alert, JrPrivate First ClassH&S CO, 2ND BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV United States Marine Corps 20 March 1950 - 09 May 1969 Elkhart, Indiana Panel 25W Line 027 |
 
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REMEMBEREDby a friend.E-Mail will be forwarded by the Webmaster@VirtualWall.org |
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Well, Rob, I wish we had had more time when I last saw you at ITR. I stop in at Rice on or about 5/9 each year. Mike stepped on a trap also and is 100% disabled. Ross and I made it home OK, don't know what happened to Tim. Rest in peace. Semper Fi, Al.
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 09 May 1969 2/5's rifle companies were conducting "search and clear" operations in Quang Nam Province. The 2/5 Command Chronology reports that two Marines were killed in action and three were evacuated after being wounded in action - two by mines, one by gunshot. The casualty database and other records show two men from 2/5 died that day as a result of "multiple fragmentation wounds", the term usually used for mines and other explosive devices, and one the following day from similar causes. The 2/5 Operations Journal for 09 May contains the following entries:"0400H - A Marine from Company F detonated a boob trapped 105mm artillery round with pressure detonation located in a treeline at AT855515. Results: One USMC WIA and one USMC KIA."Three deaths are believed to have resulted from these two incidents:
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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