Charles Lester GregoryLance CorporalM CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV United States Marine Corps 20 September 1948 - 31 January 1968 Ormsby, PA Panel 36E Line 011 |
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The database page for Charles Lester Gregory
REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARSby a High School classmate,John Nelson pointman@penn.com |
A Note from The Virtual WallIn 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:
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The point-of-contact for this memorial is a High School classmate, John Nelson pointman@penn.com 29 Jul 2001 |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
Last updated 04/19/2003