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HONORED ON PANEL 53W, LINE 6 OF THE WALL
GARY DEAN TISDALL
WALL NAME
GARY D TISDALL
PANEL / LINE
53W/6
DATE OF BIRTH
11/10/1946
CASUALTY PROVINCE
QUANG NAM
DATE OF CASUALTY
07/03/1968
HOME OF RECORD
MODESTO
COUNTY OF RECORD
Stanislaus County
STATE
CA
BRANCH OF SERVICE
MARINE CORPS
RANK
CPL
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR GARY DEAN TISDALL
POSTED ON 11.18.2023
POSTED BY: John Fabris
we will remember
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
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POSTED ON 8.6.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear CPL Gary Tisdall, Thank you for your service as a Field Radio Operator. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Tomorrow is the 58th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 7.3.2018
POSTED BY: Kimberly A Sakoi ( Tisdall)
50 years ago our lives changed
Gary, You are heavy on my heart and mind today July 3, 2018, as it is now 50 years on this day that my big brother left us. You have lived on in our hearts, Mom is still with us and now 99, she and I will make our annual trek to visit you and Dad at your resting place. We will place flags flowers and celebrate our Country on this fourth of July as we have every year with more commitment as it means something to families that know that you and many others laid your lives down for our freedoms. I will forever honor your memory, as I have made sure that many know about you, My children refer to you as uncle Gary even though all they know is your photos and stories. I love you always.
Your little sister,
Kim
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POSTED ON 7.3.2018
POSTED BY: Janice Current
An American Hero
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. You gave everything you had to give. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.
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POSTED ON 11.15.2016
POSTED BY: [emailprotected]
Final Mission of CPL Gary D. Tisdall
On July 3, 1968, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46A (tail number 151911) from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) was shot down with the loss of four crewmen and nine passengers. The aircraft was attempting an insertion in an area known as Elephant Valley. The valley is steep and runs east to west with a stream in the middle of it. The bottom of valley is narrow and the only approach is east or west. Aircraft commander CAPT James L. Littler III went in east to west and landed near the stream. Hueys (UH-1 helicopter gunships) covered both sides of the CH-46 during the insertion. CAPT Littler was only in the zone for seconds when he yelled he was taking fire. The gunships sprayed the side of the ridgeline where he called the fire from. CAPT Littler pulled out of the landing zone and was heading west when he made an inaudible radio transmission to one of the gunship commanders. At the same time he made a hard 180 degree turn to go back into the zone. He was belly up to the ridgeline about 100-200 feet when he took fire, lost control and crashed almost where he initially landed. The aircraft exploded upon impact. One of the gunship pilots later stated that he did not see the entire recon team exit the aircraft upon initial landing, but thinks that only one or two had gotten off. When the crew chief informed CAPT Littler of this during the initial departure, it is believed he decided to go back in to get them. He crashed right on anyone who was in the zone. The lost crew members included CAPT Littler, pilot 1LT Raymond C. Daley, and crewmen CPL Randell B. Little and SSGT John C. Bilenski. The nine passengers were CAPT John D. Dalhouse, SGT Joseph J. Jones, LCPL William C. Moon, LCPL Paul Scheckler, LCPL Fay C. Simmons III, CPL William D. Johnson Jr., CPL Gary D. Tisdall, CPL Sherman D. Vance, and PFC Alton House. [Taken from popasmoke.com]
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