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Infantry battalion Colours of the KGL. Peninsular War; Waterloo; Battle of Venta del Pozo (1st and 2nd Light Infantry Battalion) García Hernández (near Salamanca) (1st Regiment of Dragoons ) El Bodón (1st Regiment of Hussars) Barrosa, near Cádiz, Spain (2nd Regiment of Hussars) Göhrde (3rd Regiment of Hussars)
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Gary Lee Littrell (born October 26, 1944) is a retired United States Army command sergeant major who, while serving as an adviser to Army of the Republic of Vietnam's Ranger units during the Vietnam War, acted with extraordinary courage during a four-day siege on his battalion, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Ware was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941. He was sent to Officer Candidate School in 1942, emerging a platoon leader stationed at Fort Ord, California.He saw extensive service in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel by December 1944, and was appointed to command the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry ...
During the first few months of 1967, the Viet Cong (VC) absorbed heavy losses as a result of large-scale search and destroy missions conducted by the United States Army, and it prompted North Vietnamese leaders to review their war strategy in South Vietnam. In light of the setbacks which People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and VC forces had ...
Chief Warrant Officer North Vietnam June 1967 – August 1968 POW Terrence J. Freund † Navy Radarman Second Class near An Lac Thon Village October 26, 1966 PBR Roy A. Fryman Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Phu Loc Valley, Thừa Thiên Province April 29, 1968 Platoon commander. He was later killed in action on October 24, 1969, during his second ...
1st Line Battalion, KGL: 604: 9: 291 2nd Line Battalion, KGL: 678: 3: 387 1st Light Battalion, KGL, two companies: 106: 36: 43 4th Brigade Brigadier General Sigismund, Baron Löw (1,167) 5th Line Battalion, KGL: 610: 41: 255 7th Line Battalion, KGL: 557: 146: 110 Artillery: Sillery's Company, RA (six light 6-pounders) RA: RA: RA 2nd Division ...
Kaneshiro's son, John, received the Medal of Honor on his behalf from President Joe Biden on July 5, 2022. He deployed to South Vietnam as a squad leader within his platoon. . During a mission in the Kim Son Valley, on 1 December 1966, his unit came under fire from North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) troo