UDTs Condon, Robert Eugene

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Condon ​

• FORENAME

Robert Eugene ​

• UNIT

U.S.N. UDT-12 (C.O.) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Commander ​

• NUMBER

619464 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th January 1968 ​

• AGE

33 ​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California Section Q Site 1571 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lexington, Nebraska​

born 2.7.1934, Nebraska, USA​

married​

3 years service​

award Bronze Star with V​

KIA Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 34E Row 67 ​

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LCDR Robert Eugene Condon, USN was killed on 18 January 1968. LCDR Condon was the commanding officer of Underwater Demolition Team TWELVE (UDT 12). At 0749 hours an Armored Troop Carrier (ATC) T-112-1 (a.k.a. Landing Craft Medium/LCM) was struck by two B-40 rocket propelled grenades (RPG-2), while on a blocking station at the confluence of Ong Buong Stream and the Ben Tre River, six miles southeast of Ben Tre, Giong Trom District, Kien Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam. One B-40 rocket fired from a RPG-2 hit the ramp and penetrated it. The explosion killed LCDR Condon instantly wounded one crewmember. UDT 12 had been in-country to observe the evaluation of the new "Aqua Dart," which his men were testing.​