1. Thomas Howard Tackaberry was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.
13 Facts About Thomas Tackaberry
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Thomas Tackaberry was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and was a recipient of three Distinguished Service Crosses and served as commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps from 1979 to 1981.
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In 1952, while serving as a company commander, Thomas Tackaberry earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near Chorwon, Korea when he voluntarily went to relieve a patrol which had lost its commander.
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Thomas Tackaberry directed the soldiers back toward their own lines and personally covered their retreat at the risk of his own life.
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Thomas Tackaberry received two Silver Stars for his service in Korea.
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In 1966 Thomas Tackaberry was serving in Vietnam as a lieutenant colonel and earned an oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near Bong Son, South Vietnam, when he led a search and destroy operation in which a 15-man platoon was pinned down and its leader killed.
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Thomas Tackaberry then ordered his unarmed command helicopter to land near the firefight and ran through intense enemy fire to reach the platoon and assume command.
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Thomas Tackaberry received three more Silver Stars for his service in Vietnam.
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Thomas Tackaberry then served as chief of staff of the 23rd Infantry Division.
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Thomas Tackaberry then transitioned to managing a real estate business and counseling in the military of the Republic of China for BDC Corp.
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Thomas Tackaberry remained dedicated to fitness all his life to include at the age of 93 years old and confined to a wheel chair.
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Thomas Tackaberry was predeceased by his son Richard and daughter Elizabeth.
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Thomas Tackaberry is buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on August 23,2017.