In memory of our friend
Robert Frederick Dussault
25 Sept 40 – 16 Sept 05

He was wounded in 1968 after being in country for only three months. He spent the better part of a year in the hospital and rehabilitation. Bob was 97% disabled from gunshot wounds to his right shoulder which he sustained in a running gun battle with enemy forces on a river in Vietnam.  Bob received the Purple Heart for Wounds Received in Action, 7 July, 1968.

Bob attended Chico High School in Chico California, and was in his fifth year of college, his first year of law school at Berkeley when he was called to go to war. He became a navigation officer on the USS Rogers in San Diego. Within a short time he signed up for special ops, and went through  jungle warfare training which included parachute school and scuba diving.

After finishing this training , he deployed with his men to Vietnam. There Bob was stationed in the Rung Sat Special Zone and was trained to operate in seal insertion/extraction operations with small craft in Mobile Support Team Three.

In many ways Bob was an officer and a gentleman. He and his men cared for the Vietnamese orphans. Bob expressed his deep concern for disabled veterans of which he was one. Bob has been a continual inspiration to both of us. He was always active, knew, and was known by many for his concern and caring heart. Bob lived in one of the highest crime rate neighborhoods in the City of San Francisco.

In the last years of his life on earth, I believe that Bob accepted the Lord and went Home to be with the Him forever. 

If anyone who served with Bob has any recollections, would you mind sharing them with us, and add something about yourself.

From his friends:  Kathleen Manning and Robert Tilley

rltilley@sbcglobal.net