Robert J. Yered
Robert James Yered was a United States Coast Guardsman who was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his actions during the Vietnam War. Career. According to the "Milford Daily News", his local paper, Yered enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard at seventeen years old. He rose to the highest enlisted rank, master chief petty officer, prior to his retirement after 24 years of service. Yered's 82-foot "Point"-class cutter was moored in a river port at Cát Lái, Vietnam, on February 18, 1968, when the base was attacked by mortars and rockets. According to his official  biography: Yered was also awarded a Purple Heart. Personal life. After he retired from the U.S. Coast Guard Yered was a groundskeeper at a high school in Massachusetts. Legacy. In 2010, when the U.S. Coast Guard decided that all the new Sentinel-class cutters would be named after U.S. Coast Guardsmen who had been recognized for their heroism, Yered was one of those to be honored. The fourth cutter in the class was named the .