The Lakeview, Oregon, native recorded 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the span of 16 months in 1968 and 1969.
The sergeant first class faces a court martial trial at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on March 18.
The company will include 13 ships and 285 Army mariners.
The secretary of the Navy announced the sea service will name a new destroyer after a WWII hero aptly referred to as the 'Human Tugboat.'
By Claire Barrett
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