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Robert Charles Keri
Private First Class
M CO, 3RD BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Somerset, New Jersey March 08, 1948 to February 01, 1967 ROBERT C KERI is on the Wall at Panel 14E, Line 104 |
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He was killed in action during Operation DeSoto.
From a fellow Marine, |
A note from The Virtual WallOperation DeSoto involved the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, in a month-long operation to secure an area in Quang Ngai Province. The after-action report outlines an accident of war that killed one Marine and wounded eleven others:" . . . on 1 Feb at approximately 0345H, two bombs, of unknown size, exploded within Co M's defensive perimeter at BS 823403 resulting in 1 USMC KIA, 8 USMC WIA (Evac), 3 USMC WIA (Non-evac). An initial investigation of the incident indicated an error had been made in a TPQ-10 drop which had been scheduled for 1 Feb at BS827410. No further report on the incident has been made available to this organization to date."The TPQ-10 system allowed a ground radar controller to vector an aircraft into position to release its weapons without the aircrew ever seeing the target ... but accuracy depended upon both ground and aircrew doing things just right. In this incident someone wasn't "just right" and a Marine died as a direct result of the error. |
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A memorial initiated by a fellow Marine, George Martin m37bulldog@aol.com 31 May 2002 |
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