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The 327th Infantry suffered 331 killed in action, 73 died of wounds and 1959 wounded in the First World War. [8] Members of the 327th were awarded 7 Distinguished Services Crosses (DSC), including one for the 2-327th Commander-Lt Col Harold W. Blanchard. [9]
John G. Gertsch went to high school in Sheffield Area Middle/Senior High School (SAMSHS) in Sheffield, Pennsylvania.Gertsch joined the Army from Buffalo, New York in 1965, [2] and by July 15, 1969, was serving as a staff sergeant in Company E, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
Tiger Force was the name of a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit [1] of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War from November 1965 to November 1967.
[1] [2] He married Joella McManus in June 1965, a month before being sent to Vietnam. Later that year, after arriving in Vietnam, he helped to form and train Tiger Force, a task force of the division's 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, which specialized in the use of guerrilla tactics. [1]
A small unit from the 502nd Infantry Regiment reached the crash site rescuing three survivors, while the dead crew chief's body was only located several weeks later. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 29 April the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Hac Bao (Black Panther) reconnaissance company of the 1st Division made contact with a PAVN force in a hamlet 4 ...
In fact, the bill, S-2533/A-1213, which makes a supplemental appropriation of $15 million to Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation to ...
Frank Rapier Hancock (born 23 November 1950) is a retired United States Army officer who served as battalion commander of the 1-327th Infantry Regiment during Desert Shield / Desert Storm, 101st Airborne Division. Colonel Hancock received notoriety when his Infantry Battalion, 1-327th Infantry, was the lead battalion of the 101st Airborne ...
On 19 December Company C, 2/327th engaged two VC and in a sweep of the area found four dead VC and recovered four weapons. In the early morning of 21 December Company C, 3/187th engaged 30 VC with small arms and then called in aerial rocket artillery and AC-119 gunship support killing three PAVN and capturing three and two AK-47s.