Signalman 2nd Class Petty Officer William Martin Krueger

Branch of service

Navy

Dates of service

1967 - 1973

Location(s) of service and/or conflicts

1967, SR (NTC) San Diego; 1967-1968, Pearl Harbor; 1968, SM Subic Bay, PI; 1968, SM-USS Dehaven DD-727, Vietnam; 1969 USS Hollister DD-788, Vietnam; 1971 USS Henry W Tucker DD-875, Long Beach; 1971 NAVSTA San Diego

Medals earned

1970 Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; 1968 Navy Unit Commendation; 1968 National Defense Service Medal; 1967 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; 1968 Vietnam Service Medal; 1969 Vietnam Service Medal; 1970 Vietnam Service Medal

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Reflections on this veteran's military service

Submitted by William Krueger

BATTLES:
Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign;
Vietnam War/Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign;
Vietnam War/Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign;
Vietnam War/Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign;
Yankee Station;
Operation Market Time,
Operation Sea Dragon,
Operation Sealords,
and naval gunfire support.

EVENTS:
Apr 09, 1968 SHELLBACK:Crossed the Equator (00° 00' S, 105° 22' E);
Aug 02, 1968 Crossed the Equator (00° 00' S, 146° 35' E);
Aug 21, 1968 Golden Dragon: Crossed the International Date Line (28° 53' S, 180° 00'E/W);
Aug 26, 1968 Crossed the Equator (00° 00' N/S, 165° 37' W).

My two sons were accepted and served in the US Sea Cadets while in High School. 

My dad and two uncles were in the Army during WWII where my uncle Oliver was KIA by the Japanese in the Philippines.

My wife Pam lived in Lakewood with her mother and went to Lakewood High (Class of 1966). Pam and I were married in 1969 and purchased our home here in Lakewood. We raised our two sons here and they went to school in Lakewood and they both also rented and lived here upon graduation. My younger son bought two homes in Lakewood.

(Posted 2016)