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. 

CAPT. RONALD L. HOUGHAM, USN

HOMETOWN: Kingston

BRANCH: U.S. Navy

YEARS OF SERVICE:  4 active, 20 reserve

HIGHEST RANK OR GRADE ATTAINED: Captain

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR: USS Vancouver (LPD-2), 1963-65; USS Ogden (LPD-5), 1965-68, making three deployments to Viet Nam carrying Marines and equipment.

POST-WAR CAREER: Manager, Boeing Company, 1969-1999; Navy Reservist 1969-1989.