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YRBM-21

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Naval Unit Commendation (3)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (13) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personal Awards

Purple Hearts (4 KIA; 26 February 1970 - Frank B. Glendinning, RM2, Archie C. Wabschall III, CS3, Ronald S. Bay, EM3, Robert L. Fallows, EN3

During the Vietnam War YRBM-21 was assigned to the Naval Support Activity, Saigon, in the Makong Delta and participated in the following campaigns:

Vietnam War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, 1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968	Tet/69 Counteroffensive, 23 February to 8 June 1969
Tet Counteroffensive, 30 January to 4 April 1968	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970, 1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV, 5 April to 30 June 1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive, 1 May to 30 June 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V, 1 July to 1 November 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII, 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI, 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969	Consolidation I, 1 July to October 1971

Final Disposition transferred to South Vietnam in 1973

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Specifications
Displacement 700 t.(lt) 2,70 t.(fl)
Length 261'
Beam 48'
Draft 9'
Compliment unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion none

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	43k	YRBM-21 moored in Mekong Delta of South Vietnam, circa 1967-71. The location could be Tan Chau or An Long. Photo courtesy Ray F. Longaker Jr. ATC-14		Bob Gregory
	173k	The "Beer Barge" alongside YRBM-21, date and location in South Vietnamese waters unknown.		LCDR Jan Dial NC USN Ret.
	12k	YRBM-21 probably moored in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, date unknown.		LCDR Jan Dial NC USN Ret.
	94k

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There is no DANFS history record available for YRBM-21 at NavSource

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Mobile Riverine Force Association
Brownwater Navy in Vietnam Web Book

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