Machinist Mate 1c
Noumea, New Caledonia
Hometown: Greece
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Construction Mechanic Marvin Glenn Shields was born December 30, 1939 in Port Townsend, WA. After graduation from high school in 1958, he worked in the gold mines at Hyder, AL. He joined the Navy as a Seabee in 1962. He was stationed at Glyncoe, GA; Okinawa; Port Hueneme, CA; and Vietnam. He was attached to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Marvin was wounded during an ambush at Dong Xoai and Died June 10, 1965. |
MARVIN GLENN SHIELDS
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When
Viet Cong troops overran a Special Forces Camp containing 400 South
Vietnamese and allied Asian troops, 11 men of a U.S. Army Special Forces
team and nine men of Seabee Team 1104, seven of the Seabees were wounded
and two killed. One of the dead was Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin
G. Shields, USN, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for
conspicuous gallantry in carrying a critically wounded man to safety and
in destroying a Viet Cong machine gun emplacement at the cost of his life.
Not only was Marvin Shields the only Seabee to win the nation's highest
award, but he
was also the first Navy man to be so decorated for action in
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| Senior Chief Barnes was the first casualty of
the Dong Ha Deployment. He was killed on the morning of June 6, 1967, during
a rocket attack on Khe Sahn. Senior Chief Barnes was the Alpha Co. leading
chief. At the time of his death, Chief Barnes was part of a seventy man detail from the battalion assigned to rebuild the airfield at Khe Sahn. |
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During his career, Chief Barnes served with MCB 2, MCB 4, MCB 6, and MCB 11, also Naval Construction Schools at Port Hueneme, CA, and the Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, RI. He was survived by his wife, two sons, three daughters, parents, two brothers and two sisters |
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BUR2 – E5 – United States Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 11 23 Years Old Agenda, Kansas May 16, 1944 to August 28, 1967 Casualty was in Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. |
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| Milford Marvin Tognazzini was born on May 7,
1934 and joined the Armed Forces while in Santa Maria, CA. He served as a
CM1 in the Navy Seabees. In eight years of service, he attained the rank
of CM1/E6. On August 7, 1969, at the age of 35, he perished in the service
of our country in South Vietnam, Quang Tri. He was in his third tour of
duty with the U.S. Armed Forces. He served with the U.S. Army in Korea and
later rejoined the Army. He joined the Seabees late in 1968
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On August 7, 1969, while serving with “A” Company, MCB11 at Landing Zone Nancy, in the Republic of South Vietnam, three Seabees responded to a call for assistance by an Army mortar platoon firing in support of a friendly unit engaged with the enemy.
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When fire broke out in one of the mortar pits and began to spread rapidly to a large amount of ammunition stored nearby, the men, led by CM1 Milford Tognazzini, jumped into a water truck and drove to the burning pit. Simultaneous to this event, an armored personnel carrier, loaded with more ammunition, also caught fire. While attempting to extinguish the burning vehicle, Tognazzini was mortally wounded by exploding ammunition and Dutch Van Tassell, Peter Poillon and James Benge were wounded. MCB11 was decommissioned a short time later and the men’s paperwork, which included proof of their wounds, was lost for thirty years in the Archives at Port Hueneme. The men were finally awarded the Purple Heart on Memorial Day 2001. |
