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. 

YM1 DAVID M. KAESER, USN

HOMETOWN: Keyport

BRANCH: U.S. Navy

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1961-1983

HIGHEST RANK OR GRADE ATTAINED: Yeoman First Class

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR: USS Chevalier (DD-805), USS John S. McCain (DL-3), USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), one deployment in ship’s company, one deployment in air wing: VA-23 (A4F squadron).

POST-WAR CAREER: Naval Undersea Warfare Station Keyport, 12.5 years; shipfitter helper in shop 11, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, until 2004.