Charles Lester Gregory

Lance Corporal
M CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
20 September 1948 - 31 January 1968
Ormsby, PA
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1ST MARDIV

1ST MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Charles Lester Gregory

29 July 2001

REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARS

by a High School classmate,
John Nelson
pointman@penn.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

In late 1967, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, and reinforcing elements formed Battalion Landing Team 3/1 embarked in the amphibious warfare ships of Task Force 76.5 [(USS Valley Forge (LPH 8), USS Navarro (APA 215), USS Alamo (LSD 33), USS Whetstone (LSD 27), and USS Vernon County (LST 1161)]. BLT 3/1 provided an amphibious and airmobile ready reserve force for the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force and found themselves heavily committed during the TET 68 offensive.

During operations ashore between 25 Jan and 08 Feb 1968, the 3/1 Marines lost at least 42 men; of these, not less than thirteen were Mike Company casualties:

  • 25 Jan 68
        PFC David P Dodson

  • 26 Jan 68
        1st Lt Peter L Siller

  • 31 Jan 68
        LCPL Larry R Clemons
        CPL Callen J Courtemanche
        PFC Dennis T Cunnane
        LCPL Charles L Gregory
        LCPL Charles V Hampton
        PFC Dubois R Jones
        PFC Anthony G Maldonado
        LCPL Robert L Whitley

  • 01 Feb 68
        PVT Michael C Lindsay

  • 02 Feb 68
        PFC Robert P Foley

  • 03 Feb 68
        LCPL Robert C Anderson


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a High School classmate,
John Nelson
pointman@penn.com 
29 Jul 2001



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