Troopers Category: Brave Rifle Troops

327 Infantry Veterans - Vietnam War

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mc Davitt, Dale

Vietnam 1st Battalion Dale Mc Davitt B Company 1966 - 1967 [email protected] U. S. Army tours: 2/1964 - 1/1967; Airborne Training July-August 1964 paratrooper wings awarded 8/23/1964; units served E (Signal) Company, 10th Special Forces, Flint Kaserne, Badt Toltz, Germany from 9/1964 to 12/1965; 1st Aviation Group, Saigon, Viet Nam 1/1966 to about 6/1966; B-1-327th [...]

Oates, John

Vietnam 1st Battalion John Oates B Company 1970 - 1971 [email protected] Drafted Sep 1969. Basic Fort Knox. AIT Fort Polk Infantry. 4 months 3rd Cav Fort Lewis Washington. Orders for Vietnam July 1970. Processing at Cam Ranh Bay I was told to report to 101st. I told them there must be a mistake, I wasn’t [...]