Troopers Category: 1st Battalion

327 Infantry Veterans - Vietnam War

Caldwell, Larry

Vietnam 1st Battalion Larry Caldwell B Company 1970 - 1971 Jump School May 1970 I was with 2nd platoon B co 1/327 101st Division from Nov 70 till Sept 71. I walked point for the 2nd squad for 10 of those months. I was with the A co 2/14 25th Infantry for 6 months before [...]

Child, Don “Doc”

Vietnam 1st Battalion Don ``Doc`` Child H & H, B Companies [email protected] Just came across the memories of the NVA assault on FB Tomahawk. I was with BRAVE RIFLE Company in the 1st/327th, and was with a squad that had set up an ambush position near Nuoc Ngot, about 2 klicks from Tomahawk. I was [...]

Cagle, James

Vietnam 1st Battalion James Cagle B Company 1969 - 1970 [email protected] I was promoted to the rank of SSG E-6 in Nov. of 1969 and was a squad leader for the 3rd squad, 3rd platoon, B Co. 1/327 from June 69 until April 1970, at which time I was discharged from the Army. I was [...]

Burnette, Frank

Vietnam 1st Battalion Frank Burnette B Company 1972 - 1974 [email protected] Didn't link up with the unit 'til '72. I did remain with them through the agony of regaining combat strength, the establishment of the Air Assault School (my best friend was in class #1). We became the first unit, post Vietnam, to be combat [...]

Brown, Clarence F.

Vietnam 1st Battalion Clarence F. Brown B Company 1965 - 1966 [email protected] I was one of the original replacements for the 1st Brigade in November 1965. I was assigned to Company B, 1st Battlion, 327th Infantry. I was assigned to a M60 machine gun crew, that consisted of these individuals, Wise (Gunner), Keller (Asst. Gunner), [...]

Boeddeker, John

Vietnam 1st Battalion John Boeddeker B Company 1966 - 1967 [email protected] Served with 1st Plt. as Cdrs RTO in B Company 1/327th Sept. 66-67. Later served in Germany, Ft. Bragg, NC, The Old Guard in WDC, The UNC Honor Guard in Korea, Instructor with Georgetown University ROTC and as Operations NCOIC at Ft. McNair, WDC. [...]

Berry, Gary P.

Vietnam 1st Battalion Gary P. Berry B Company 1969 - 1970 [email protected] I was raised in a little town called Hanna, Oklahoma. I had 13 in my graduating class in 1968. One of my friends, Paul Barnett, got killed in Vietnam on my birthday January 3rd. I would later be drafted 11 June of that [...]