Gregory Walter McFadden

Private First Class
D CO, 3RD BN, 8TH INFANTRY, 4 INF DIV
Army of the United States
17 January 1948 - 07 November 1967
Jersey City, New Jersey
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4 INF DIV

8TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Gregory Walter McFadden

13 Nov 2007

REMEMBERED

by a friend and Vietnam vet,
Michael Carlucci
mcarlucci4@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The Battle for Dak To covered a period of 30 days, from 01 November to 01 December 1967, pitting elements of the 4th Infantry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade against the North Vietnamese Army's 24th, 32nd, 66th, and 174th Regiments. The casualty database lists 314 hostile-fire deaths in Kontum Province during the period, with the great majority resulting from the heavy fighting around Dak To. Between 04-11 November the 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry lost 40 men at Hill 724, with 21 of those deaths resulting from the final major engagement on 11 November.

The first engagement on Hill 724, 12 kilometers southwest of Dak To, cost the battalion nine men:

  • A Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry, 4th Inf Div, USARV
    • SSG Henry H. McGee, Hollis, NY
    • SP4 James O. Thomas, Fieldon, IL
    • PFC Dennis E. Moore, Riverside, CA
    • PFC Krag B. Roydes, Norwalk, OH
    • PFC William R. Russ, Elizabethtown, NC
    • PFC Secundino G. Sosa, Dallas, TX

  • D Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry, 4th Inf Div, USARV
    • SP4 Donald R. Campbell, Reno, NV
    • PFC Gregory W. McFadden, Jersey City, NJ
    • PFC Jesse J. Pearson, Davis Station, SC




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 13 Nov 2007
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