During the time of the evac, he was a reserve just about to get into training active duty. As a rifleman, he would have been considered a direct tactical combat asset. But I understand what you are saying, and you’re right. But not with him with the enlistment and discharge dates.
rwood
Yeah, I didn’t see any reference to the Saigon embassy needing any reefer fixing during that time frame.
Every Marine (even my MOS 6682) is considered a “basic qualified infantry rifleman”. That is most likely why we had to use Navy Corpsman and Chaplains.
The evacuation of Saigon was in 1975 and I was in Iwakuni, Japan. We did have to do some “expedited work” not long after that for VMCJ-2 (a photo recon squadron) after the Cambodians hijacked the Mayaguez