!!! Death of PBR 750 !!!
Fatal Fire |
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This Page is dedicated as a Memorial
to the 3 Men who died
from an attack on the PBR 750.
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THE PBR 750
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I was Scott Delph's forward gunner prior to April 1968. He replaced our boat captain who was seriusly injured by a RPG70D out of Can Tho.
At the time I left, Marc Cline,GMG3 replaced me as forward gunner. Eddie Johnson,EN3 was the engineman and Herman,GMGSN was the aftergunner.
The story of PBR 750 does not mention that Marc Cline was killed in that ambush and was part of that crew. I can only assume that something happened to Herman prior to the incident. I can only guess that he had been wounded or transfered to another crew and that Ford replaced him. I can also assume that Johnson was one of those seriously wounded in that incident.
Ralph Fries and I served in 543 together and transfered to 535 when it was formed in September of '67.
If you know anything about the 750 incident, please let me know. Those guys were effectively my crew. Not knowing what happened to the has caused a lot of grief over the years.
PBR 64 recovered by the YRBM 16 on or about 25 Oct 1967 after burning and sinking after a rocket attack.
This is all that remained. Does not look much like a boat.
This happened in the Ben Tre Canal just upriver from where the YRBM 16 was moored.
Both PBR 64 and 62 in the patrol were hit with rockets.
PBR 62 managed to escape without being sunk.
The patrol officer and the forward gunner were the only ones
who weren't seriously wounded on PBR 64.
The Vietnamese interpreter was killed.
Photo is courtesy of Dick Strandberg
EMAIL: dstrandberg[ at ]inficad.com
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