- SURNAME
Gormly
- FORENAME
Robert A.
- UNIT
U.S.N.R. Seal Team 2
- RANK
Lieutenant Junior Grade
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star,Bronze Star
- PLACE
South Vietnam 1967
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 10.2.1941 Long Branch, New Jersey
son of James Louis and Dorothy Percival Gormly
moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia 1942
attended Louisburg Junior College, North Carolina
married Becky 4.8.1962
Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island January 1963
Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU-2) June 1963
UDT Replacement Training Class 31 November 1963 (graduated 2.7.1964)
UDT-22 1964-66
Seal Team 2 June 1966 - November 1968
WIA 7.6.1967 South Vietnam
UDT-22 (Executive Officer) December 1968-1970
Staff, Pacific Naval Special Warfare Group 1970-72
Seal Team 2 (C.O.) 1972-74
Staff, C-in-C Atlantic Command (CINCLANT) 1976-79
UDT-12 (C.O.) 1979-81
Naval War College 1981-82
Staff, Pacific Naval Special Warfare Group 1982-83
Seal Team 6 (C.O.) 8.7.1983-July 1986
O.C. Naval Special Warfare Group 2 1986-88
Staff (SEAL),Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon 1988-90
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)(Deputy Director of Simulations and Analysis) August 1990
Retired January 1992
awards Silver Star, Legion of Merit(x3), Bronze Star(x3,2 with valor device)
autobiography "Combat Swimmer : Memoirs of a Navy Seal" (1998)
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