Named Vietnam War Special Forces Jungle Jacket

Updated September 3, 2026

3rd Pattern Jacket manufactured in 1969 by Henderson Mfg Co. Size is small short. Named to a Tadlock and insignia shows the soldier was an E-7 Sergeant First Class serving with U.S. Army Special Forces, a Master Parachutist, and a Combat Infantryman Badge recipient. Janos Tadlock was a U.S. Army paratrooper and Vietnam veteran from Dallas, Texas. In 1966, he served as a sergeant with the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, conducting dangerous small-team reconnaissance missions deep in Viet Cong-controlled territory. An April 1966 101st Airborne publication specifically records Tadlock engaging and killing three Viet Cong soldiers at close range while his five-man LRRP team was attempting extraction in the Tuy Hoa area. Information is scarce, but we believe he later served in U.S. Army Special Forces and attained Sergeant First Class.

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