Editor’s note: This tribute is one in a series of reader-submitted tributes to Vietnam War-era veterans that will be posted during April. 

SENIOR CHIEF JAMES E. REGAN, USN

HOMETOWN: Port Orchard

BRANCH: U.S. Navy

YEARS OF SERVICE: 22

HIGHEST RANK OR GRADE ATTAINED:  Senior Chief Nuclear Electrician Supervisor

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR: Three tours in Vietnam on the USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35).

POST-WAR CAREER: Retired from the Navy. Worked for RADCOM in the shipyard and received a Secretary of Navy Career Service Award for 40 years of service to the Navy and to the United States of America.