MOS:0351 Antitank Assaultman.
Rickey was the only child of Freddie and Awilde.
Arriving in Vietnam 15 January 1970, Rickey was assigned to CAP 2-4-2, CACO 2-4,
2nd CAG, Combined Action.
Rickey, another Marine and a Corpsman were killed when they detonated a mine while crossing a mine field, 2 kilometers west southwest of Hoi An, while on a patrol. Rickey died as a result of multiple fragmentation wounds to the body from the hostile mine.
The Combined Action Program was a little known and even less understood program of the Marine Corps designed to have Marines live in the villages and work with local forces to defend those villages.
Survived by his parents, Freddie and Awilda S Jergensen of Box 8, Darrouzett, TX.
MOS:0351 Antitank Assaultman.
Rickey was the only child of Freddie and Awilde.
Arriving in Vietnam 15 January 1970, Rickey was assigned to CAP 2-4-2, CACO 2-4,
2nd CAG, Combined Action.
Rickey, another Marine and a Corpsman were killed when they detonated a mine while crossing a mine field, 2 kilometers west southwest of Hoi An, while on a patrol. Rickey died as a result of multiple fragmentation wounds to the body from the hostile mine.
The Combined Action Program was a little known and even less understood program of the Marine Corps designed to have Marines live in the villages and work with local forces to defend those villages.
Survived by his parents, Freddie and Awilda S Jergensen of Box 8, Darrouzett, TX.
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