CC3100 Simple loop to send message to Server

I have a simple program that I started in Energia that runs on a MSP430F5529 with a CC3100Boosterpack that connects to my AP, then sets up a TCP socket to the Server and sends a message and displays the response from the Server. It works 100% of the time on the first try after a reset. If I put it in a loop and do the complete sequence (connect to AP, connect to Server, Send Message, display response)  then sending message and getting a response are very intermittent. I put in a loop counter that is included in the message sent to the Server and it looks like only one out of 8 or 16 messages make it to the Server and send a response.

I can't figure out why it is intermittent. It looks like something is not being loaded or reset like it is when it first starts from a hardware Reset. Maybe some uninitialized variable that's zeroed on reset. CCS keeps crashing when I try to debug the code. So I'm looking for a solution.

// your network name also called SSID
char ssid[] = "MY_AP";
// your network password (key)
char key[] = {0x63, 0x79, 0x23, 0x52, 0x15, 0x76, 0x10, 0x67, 0x67, 0x89, 0x10, 0x71, 0x83,0x00};

// your network key Index number
int keyIndex = 1;

uint16_t port = 80;     // port number of the server
IPAddress server(199, 195, 142, 144);   // IP Address of the server
WiFiClient client;
uint16_t loop_cnt = 0;

String  UNIT_ID="12345678";

void loop() {
  // send the message every few seconds
  this_works();
  loop_cnt++;
  delay(10000);
 // printCurrentNet();
}

void this_works() {
  // attempt to connect to Wifi network:
  Serial.print("Attempting to connect to Network named: ");
  // print the network name (SSID);
  Serial.println(ssid);
  // Connect to WPA/WPA2 network. Change this line if using open or WEP network:
  WiFi.begin(ssid, keyIndex, key);
  while ( WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    // print dots while we wait to connect
    Serial.print(".");
    delay(300);
  }
 
  Serial.println("\nYou're connected to the network");
  Serial.println("Waiting for an ip address");
 
  while (WiFi.localIP() == INADDR_NONE) {
    // print dots while we wait for an ip addresss
    Serial.print(".");
    delay(300);
  }

  Serial.println("\nIP Address obtained");

  //??printCurrentNet();
  //??printWifiData();
 
 
 
  // attempt to connect to the server
  Serial.println("Attempting to connect to server");

uint8_t tries = 0;
  while (client.connect(server, port) == false) {
    Serial.print(".");
    if (tries++ > 100) {
      Serial.println("\nThe server isn't responding");
      while(1);
    }
    delay(100);
  }
 
  //we've connected to the server by this point
    Serial.println("\nConnected to the server!");
 
    Serial.println("\nstart!");
  //  delay(2000);

   String theMSG;
  
   theMSG=String(loop_cnt);
  // Serial.println(theMSG);
   
    // send the HTTP PUT request:
    client.print("PUT /callhome/service.php?");
    client.print("uniqueID=");
    client.print(UNIT_ID);       //   client.print("12345678");
    client.print("&message=");
    client.print(theMSG);

    client.println(" HTTP/1.1");
    client.println("Host: www.rollscout.com");
    client.println();
    client.println();
    client.println();

     delay(3000);
 
 
  if (client.available()) {
    char buffer[255] = {0};
    client.read((uint8_t*)buffer, client.available());
    Serial.print("Received: ");
    Serial.println(buffer);
  }
 
 
   delay(1700);
   client.stop();
   client.flush();
   Serial.println("\nend!");       
   WiFi.disconnect();
 
}