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David George Ouellet (13 June 1944 - 6 March 1967) was born in Newton MA, attended Wellesley Junior High School, and was then employed by the Alfred Fisher Trucking Company in Wellesley. On 28 July 1964 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at Boston MA and had recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes IL. Completing his training in October 1964, he joined Assault Craft Division 12, and while attached to that division served for five months in 1965 in the Vietnam era. Between June and August 1966 he had river patrol boat training at the Naval Schools Command, Vallejo CA, after which he had training at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado CA. On 21 September 1966 he reported for duty with River Squadron 5 and was attached to River Section 532, My Tho.
On 6 March 1967 while serving as the forward machine gunner on River Patrol Boat 124 on patrol on the Mekong River, Seaman Ouellet observed suspicious activity near the river bank, alerted his Boat Captain, and recommended movement of the boat to the area to investigate. While the PBR was making a high-speed run along the river bank, Seaman Ouellet spotted an incoming enemy grenade falling toward the boat. He immediately left the protected position of his gun mount, ran aft for the length of the boat, warning his fellow crew members to take cover. Observing the Boat Captain standing unprotected on the boat, Seaman Ouellet bounded onto the engine compartment cover, and pushed the Boat Captain down to safety. In the split second that followed the grenade's landing, Seaman Ouellet placed himself between the grenade and his shipmates, absorbing most of the blast fragments with his own body in order to protect his shipmates from injury and death. His extraordinary heroism on behalf of his comrades at the expense of his own life were in the finest tradition of the United States Naval Service.
USS Ouellet (DE-1077) was the first ship named in his honor. |
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11 December 1970: from The Charleston Shipyard News - USS Ouellet's Commissioning Announcement |
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date unknown: San Diego Harbor - USS Ouellet (FF-1077) is shown leaving port. |
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2 June 1983: NavSta, Apra Harbor, Guam - A port beam view of Ouellet moored in the harbor. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-90-07732 by PH3 M. Anderson from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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2 June 1983: NavSta, Apra Harbor, Guam - A port bow view of Ouellet moored in the harbor. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-90-07731 by PH3 M. Anderson from the DVIC) |
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7 December 1984: NavSta Pearl Harbor HI - Bow views of various U.S. Navy ships moored at Bravo Piers. The ships are, from left to right, the fleet oiler USS Willamettel (AO-180), the frigate Ouellet, the guided missile destroyer USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) and the guided missile destroyer USS Hoel (DDG-13). (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-09115 from the DVIC) |
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1 August 1987: A starboard beam view of Ouellet underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-89-08869 by Barrett from the DVIC) |
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1 August 1987: A port bow view of Ouellet underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-89-08873 by Barrett from the DVIC) |
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1 August 1987: A starboard bow view of Ouellet underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-89-08883 by Barrett from the DVIC) |
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16 December 1988: A starboard bow view of Ouellet underway near Kauai, Hawaii. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-93-01176 by PH3 Dave Simpson from the DVIC) |
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1 November 1989: A starboard bow view of Ouellet underway near Kauai, Hawaii. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04481 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1989: A port bow view of Ouellet underway off the coast of Barking Sands. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-08697 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1993: NavSta, Subic Bay PI - A view of the repair ship USS Ajax (AR-6) moored at the Boton pier. The three frigates nested with the Ajax are the USS Brewton (FF-1086), USS Whipple (FF-1062), and Ouellet. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-93-01096 from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1993: NavSta, Subic Bay PI - A view of the repair ship USS Ajax (AR-6) moored at the Boton pier. The three frigates nested with the Ajax are the USS Brewton (FF-1086), USS Whipple (FF-1062), and Ouellet. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-93-01095 from the DVIC) |
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May 1993: Hobart, Australia - Ouellet coming into port for a visit (taken by Glenn)
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undated: Portland OR - shown here after being stricken from the US Navy, but before being overhauled for transfer to Thailand in 1996.
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21 June 2005: A Royal Thai Navy bugler on board the frigate His Thai Majesty's Ship HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (F 462) sounds a call marking evening colors onboard his ship. The colors detail stationed on board the US Navy Whidbey Island Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) (right) prepares to lower the Ensign. The two ships are participating in Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2005. CARAT 2005 is the second part of an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. The Phutthaloetla Naphalai was formerly the Knox Class Frigate USS Ouellet (FF-1077), decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Thailand in 1996. David Ouellet was killed on board a PBR (Patrol Boat River) in the Mekong delta of South Vietnam in early 1967. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SD-06-10060 by JOC Melinda Larsen from the DVIC) |
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date / location unknown, as HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (F 462) |
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April 2008: Chuk Samet, Southern Thailand - HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (F-461)(ex-Truett) and HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (F-462)(ex-Ouellet) are photographed while moored in port. |
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15 June 2008: Gulf of Thailand - The Royal Thai Navy frigate HTMS Phutta Loetla Naphalai (462) (ex-USS Ouellett FF-1077) steams in formation with U.S. Navy and other Royal Thai Navy ships participating in tactical maneuvering exercises during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2008. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. and Southeast Asia nations. (US Navy photo #080615-N-8138M-569 by MC1 Daniel Meaney from the Navy Newstand) |
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