Command sergeant major patrick “tad” gavin tadina

Patrick Gavin Tadina served in Vietnam for over five years straight between and , leading long-range reconnaissance patrols deep into enemy territory — often dressed in black pajamas and sandals and carrying an AK A funeral had not yet been scheduled. His citations describe him walking to within feet of enemies he knew to be lying in wait for him and leading a pursuing enemy patrol into an ambush set by his team.

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Tadina himself was shot three times, and his only brother was also killed in combat in Vietnam, Stars and Stripes later reported. The last time he was shot was during an enemy ambush in which he earned his second Silver Star, and the wounds nearly forced him to be evacuated from the country, the LZ English story said. As the point man, Tadina was already inside the kill zone when he sensed something was wrong, but the enemy did not fire on him, apparently confused about who he was, the article stated.

After spotting the enemy, Tadina opened fire and called out the ambush to his teammates before falling to the ground and being shot in both calves. He refused medical aid and continued to command until the enemy retreated, stated another clipping, quoting from his Silver Star citation. After retiring from the Army in , he continued working security jobs until , Poeschl said, including stints in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

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