Troopers Category: 1st Battalion

327 Infantry Veterans - Vietnam War

Wallis, Lee D.

Vietnam 1st Battalion Lee D. Wallis A Company 1971 [email protected] 4/12 Cav (5th Mech) Sep/Oct 1971, Quang Tri Co A 1/327 Inf, 101st AB, Nov/Dec 1971, Camp Eagle 1st BN, 7th Cav, 1st Cav Div Jan/Feb 1972, Bien Hoa Served in Bamberg, Germany before going to Vietnam. Basic/AIT at Fort Polk. Back to the Troopers

Kalatzis, Elias

Vietnam 2nd battalion Elias A. Kalatzis (aka Louie the Greek) B Company 1970 - 1971 [email protected] Was drafted and did Basic and 11B AIT at Fort Ord in California.  Never went to jump school and the only other training I had was CLC (combat leaders course) at Camp Evans in Vietnam. Had a two week [...]

Wright, Thomas G.

Vietnam 1st Battalion Thomas G. Wright H & H Company 1970 - 1971 [email protected] 1/327 Infantry Battalion Medical Platoon Leader and S-5 Civil Affairs Officer from May 1970 to February 1971. Before enlisting I had graduated from Stetson University Law School with a Juris Doctor degree and had passed the Florida Bar exam. After graduating [...]

Barnes, Roger (Mike)

Vietnam 1st Battalion Roger (Mike) Barnes A Company 1971 - 1972 [email protected] I transferred in mid-late ’71 from 1st Aviation Bgd in the Delta where I was with Security Police at Vinh Long Airfield and ended up in A Co. 1/327, first at Danang and then airlifted to Phu Bai and Camp Eagle. One of [...]

Winters, Ed

Vietnam 1st Battalion Ed Winters H & H Company 1970 [email protected] After returning home and ETS'ing from the Army, attended college for 4 yrs majoring in psychology and then attended nursing school. Worked in ICU as a Registered Nurse for 25 years and then did health education for 13 yrs for people with chronic health [...]

Kellogg, Jack L.

Vietnam 1st Battalion Jack L. Kellogg B Company 1968-1969 [email protected] I was a young NCO when I was in Vietnam. Most soldiers in the unit will remember my nickname was "C.J." (call sign was Barbarian CJ). After Vietnam I was blessed to serve another 30 years in the Army and retired as a CSM, but [...]

Hartness, Michael

Vietnam 1st Battalion Michael Hartness B Company 1966-1967 He came to B Company about the end of April or first part of May 1966 and came home in 1967. He was my (Harry Jack Fletcher) assistant gunner on the M-60 machine gun. He was brave as all hell. He died of a brain tumor not [...]

Martinez, Alonzo

Vietnam 1st Battalion Alonzo Martinez A Company 1967 - 1968 [email protected] Served in Vietnam February 1967 to February 1968 1st Battalion-327th Airborne, ABU 4th platoon Most of the men in my platoon were either wounded or killed in Mother’s Day Hill battle. Out of 30 in my platoon four remained. I was then placed in [...]

Miller, Ewing

Vietnam 1st Battalion Ewing Miller A Company 1968 [email protected] I served in Vietnam from 2/29/68 for appropriately 5 months. I was in A company 1/327. I do not recall many of the other names but do see Troy Hayden who came In county about the same time and went out to the field at the [...]