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William J. Tehan III

Awards and Decorations: Bronze Star w/ V, Meritorious Service Medal with 4 Stars (5 awards) Navy Commendation Medal w/ V and gold star (2 awards), Navy Achievement Medal w/ V and Gold Star (2 awards), Purple Heart w/ 2 Gold Stars (3 awards), Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (Gold Star- Corps Level), Vietnamese Honor Medal First Class, Navy/Marine Parachute Insignia, Navy Dive Insignia-SCUBA, Army Ranger Tab, Defense Intelligence Agency Meritorious Service Medal, Defense Intelligence Agency Director’s Medal

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?: Rifle Platoon Commander Rifle Company Commander 2d Battalion 3d Marines Viet Nam. Reconnaissance Platoon Commander, Rifle Company Commander, Infantry Battalion Operations Operations Officer and Executive Officer 2 Marine Division Camp Lejeune N.C.. Battalion Commander 3d Reconnaisance Battalion , Okinawa. Assistant Professor of Naval Science, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Ill., Associate Professor of Naval Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg Va.

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment: Marine Rifle Platoon Commander and Marine Rifle Company Commander- Viet Nam Dec.67-Dec68. Battalion Commander 3d Reconnaissance Battalion

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.: Infantry Officer, Reconnaissance Marine, Intelligence Officer, The distinguished graduate Marine Corps Command and Staff College 1980

If your service included combat or hostile action describe: Viet Nam Dec.67-Dec.68, Tet 68, Khe Sanh Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos May 71-May73 Easter Offensive 72/ Operation Linebacker Afghanistan Jan-Mar 2005 as armed DIA civilian intelligence officer. Iraq Sep.-Dec. 2007 and Sep.-Dec.2009 as armed DIA civilian intelligence officer.