
Ranger Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War’s longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77
Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War’s longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77 A 30-year Army veteran who was the longest continuously serving Ranger in Vietnam and one of the war’s most decorated enlisted soldiers has died. Patrick Gavin Tadina served in Vietnam for over five years straight between 1965 and 1970, leading long range reconnaissance patrols deep into enemy territory — often dressed in black pajamas and sandals, and carrying an AK-47.
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