Project Name
O’Connell, Michael
Categories
1st Battalion,Cobra Troops
Vietnam 1st Battalion
Michael O'Connell
C Company 1968
I was assigned to 2nd platoon, Co C 1/327 in during TET 1968 as a rifleman, MOS 11B1P. I was medivaced on April 6, 1968 after being injured in an ambush on Rte 547, west of Firebase Birmingham. I left the battalion in late July 1968 and was reassigned. I arrived in Vietnam on Jan 8, 1968 and left on Aug 11, 1969.
Upon return to the US, I was assigned to AFEES Newark NJ. I am currently an Assistant District Attorney in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.