{"id":100764,"date":"2020-06-10T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=100764"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:16","slug":"patrick-tadina-vietnam-wars-longest-continuously-serving-ranger-dies-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=100764","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War&#8217;s longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/patrick-tadina-vietnam-war-s-longest-continuously-serving-ranger-dies-at-77-1.632005?fbclid=IwAR0zeavz_Eu3AgjvAh7N4a_j1Vk46XyDopmLJdL9dhrhFP2xlYTobRiMy7M\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"723\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">A 30-year Army veteran who was the longest continuously serving Ranger in Vietnam and one of the war\u2019s most decorated enlisted soldiers has died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">Patrick Gavin Tadina served in Vietnam for over five years straight between 1965 and 1970, leading long range reconnaissance patrols deep into enemy territory \u2014 often dressed in black pajamas and sandals, and carrying an AK-47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">The retired command sergeant major died Friday morning in North Carolina. He was 77.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">\u201cEarly this morning my Dad &#8230; took his last breaths and went to be with all the Rangers before him,\u201d his daughter Catherine Poeschl said on Facebook. \u201cI know they are all there waiting for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">He is survived by his wife, two sisters, two daughters, four sons, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, the family said in a brief online obituary. A funeral had not yet been scheduled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">A native of Hawaii, Tadina earned two Silver Stars, 10 Bronze Stars \u2014 seven with valor \u2014 three Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, four Army Commendation Medals, including two for valor, and three Purple Hearts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">After the release of the second Rambo movie, he was profiled in Stars and Stripes, where he was contrasted with Sylvester Stallone\u2019s beefy \u2014 often shirtless \u2014 portrayal of a Vietnam combat veteran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TX Body\">\u201cThe real thing comes in a smaller, less glossy package,\u201d wrote reporter Don Tate in December 1985. \u201cTadina stands just over 5-feet-5, and swells all the way up to 130 pounds after a big meal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/patrick-tadina-vietnam-war-s-longest-continuously-serving-ranger-dies-at-77-1.632005?fbclid=IwAR0zeavz_Eu3AgjvAh7N4a_j1Vk46XyDopmLJdL9dhrhFP2xlYTobRiMy7M\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"692\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What an exceptional man and well-lived life.\u00a0 \u00a0Please follow the link below for more of the story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/patrick-tadina-vietnam-war-s-longest-continuously-serving-ranger-dies-at-77-1.632005?fbclid=IwAR0zeavz_Eu3AgjvAh7N4a_j1Vk46XyDopmLJdL9dhrhFP2xlYTobRiMy7M\">Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War&#8217;s longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77 &#8211; News &#8211; Stripes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year Army veteran who was the longest continuously serving Ranger in Vietnam and one of &hellip; <a title=\"Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War&#8217;s longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=100764\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War&#8217;s longest continuously serving Ranger, dies at 77<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":100767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359,232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-army","category-army-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100769,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100764\/revisions\/100769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}