Robert Yered

Robert J. Yered
Yered being awarded the Silver Star as an Engineman First Class.
Born	Millis, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	2009 (aged 69-70)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Coast Guard
Rank	Master Chief Petty Officer
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Silver Star, Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal

Robert J. Yered was a United States Coast Guardsman who was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his actions during the Vietnam War.

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.

After he retired from the U.S. Coast Guard Yered was a groundskeeper at a high school in Massachusetts.

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 USCGC Robert Yered (WPC-1104).