3rd Bridge Company
Charles Jay III Sheehan's Photos
KIA; 5 Feb 68
Pictures Donated by;
Joanne Sheehan (Jay's Sister)
and The Sheehan Family.
We are extremely grateful to Joanne Sheehan and the entire Sheehan Family for their generosity in sharing these pictures.
Jay Sheehan was KIA on 5 February 1968, at the age of 19 years old. In Hue City, during the Tet Offensive of 1968. He died on a bridge, over the Phu Cam Canal. 1st Platoon had pulled up to the bridge, to recon (access) the damages to the bridge and the repairs needed. Jay was with the Platoon Leader and a few others who had went out on the bridge. The NVA (North Vietnamese Army) had set a deadly ambush, every door and window in the buildings across the Canal opened up on them. At the day's end we had something like 68 casualties from that firefight. Elements of a Marine Recon team and the 1/27 Marine grunts were there.
Jay Sheehan was an outstanding Marine, a hard working Bridgemen who carried more then his own weight, He was liked and loved by all that knew him.
These are his pictures, and his words, written on the backs of those pictures, are in Quotes.
This Page is Humbly Dedicated to Jay's Memory.
Webmaster; Mike Moran
Charles Jay Sheehan III "Sloppy Salute but it was too hot."
Camp Love - 3rd Bridge Company Hootches. Hut in the background is #13, last one on your right. (I spent my first night in Nam in that Hut. At the end of the fence was the short cut to the Enlisted Club. I also took this picture of Jay, he had wanted to take a picture of him to send Home. -MM)
"Bobby Ray Allen and Jay, in their Hut."
"Jay and Pat 'Barney' Barnes"
"Jay, Bob, Allen in their hut."
"Tom Willis, Mike Mulgran, Jay, Billy Cross."
"Barry Armstrong sitting, Skip Rollins N.H., and Jay."
"Bob Lynch"
"Mike, Jay, Cpl. Jeffers."
"Sgt. Varney, L/Cpl. Coppedige, Cpl. Jeffers, Bob Lynch MA Mike Mulgran, South Boylston, MA."
Sgt Jim Varney recently Signed into the website and it was GREAT to hear from him. MM
"800' Bridge, North of Hue City."
"Marines in back of truck. Jay's arm touching his head."
"K-9 'Irish' Scout Dog worth $9,000.00
and has 42 kills to his name."
"Lynch and Mulgran Apr. at Cumberland."
On Guard Duty on those Heaven's Streets.
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