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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 114" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Boston </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Donald Earl </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N. Seal Team 1 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Interior Communications Electrician Third Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6848802 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7th April 1967 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Oakwood Cemetery,Sheffield,Colbert County,Alabama</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Sheffield,Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.4.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1962</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Gia Dinh Province,South Vietnam </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17E Row 114 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">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.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">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. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-boston.15971/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/15/15971-2470480fdb4ea6f8328f80bdf2401f2f.jpg?1591399567" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-boston-grave.33875/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33875-4701125b0a1c44edaf795288170c0725.jpg?1600270649" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 114, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Boston [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Donald Earl [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]U.S.N. Seal Team 1 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Interior Communications Electrician Third Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]6848802 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]7th April 1967 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]23 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Oakwood Cemetery,Sheffield,Colbert County,Alabama[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Sheffield,Alabama[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 21.4.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]entered service 1962[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Gia Dinh Province,South Vietnam [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17E Row 114 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]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.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]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. [/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-boston.15971/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/15/15971-2470480fdb4ea6f8328f80bdf2401f2f.jpg?1591399567[/IMG][/URL] [URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-boston-grave.33875/"][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33875-4701125b0a1c44edaf795288170c0725.jpg?1600270649[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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