Heriberto Hernandez
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Heriberto S. "Ed" Hernandez was a fireman in the United States Coast Guard.
Hernandez leaning on the 13-foot whaler he was manning when he was mortally wounded in 1968.
Coast Guard Squadron One
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Coast Guard Squadron One, also known in official message traffic as COGARDRON ONE or RONONE, was a combat unit formed by the United States Coast Guard in 1965 for service during the Vietnam War. Place
Heriberto Hernandez
…in subsequent years. Hernandez earned a high school equivalency certificate while he was in the Coast Guard. In the spring of 1968 he was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron One in South Vietnam, serving aboard USCGC Point Cypress. Hernandez was known for volunteering for dangerous duty, like the excursion where he was mortally…
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Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Squadron One at Base Alameda, 27 May 1965
USCGC Point Mast being loaded on board a merchant ship for shipment to U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, May 1965
USCGC Point Marone leaving Subic Bay Naval Base for South Vietnam along with other cutters of Division 11, 24 July 1965