Photo from:
"Vietnam: One Week's Dead"
LIFE Magazine
Vol. 66, No. 25
June 27, 1969

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Wednesday, February 6, 2002

Saddest night of all
Posted for: GARY CHESTER TOWLE:
	We were the only two New Ehglanders in Co.B, 1st platoon, 2/327th. You had your wife's friend write to me regularly. When you were hit I couldn't bring myself to put in writing what happened to you that night. When I returned home, I went up to New Hampshire to see your wife & her friend & apologize. We had a new man with us that day. That night was his first in the field & no one knows if he was trying to play hero or just was terrified out of his mind, but while he was on his first turn at guard duty, he saw you going to wake the next man at your position & he open fired, killing you. You were the only one in our platoon hit by "friendly" fire that entire year. He was put on the same helicopter with you, never to return to our platoon. I never saw or met him. I was ashamed to tell them that one of our own men shot you. At least they were relieved to know how you died & that you didn't suffer. To know that you had gone through so much only to end that way brought so much rage & sadness to your friends in the 1st platoon.
Posted by: Donald G. Byrnes Email: dgbyrnes@juno.com Relationship: friend Sunday, February 11, 2007

Bad night
Posted for: GARY CHESTER TOWLE:
	I was with the cherry as we called them that night.I should not have left him with another cherry.I checked on him about11:00 & he almost killed me. Told him to turn around & relax. 2:00 he opened up on Gary.I live with that yet today! I'm so sorry.
Posted by: James W DeVries Email: www.jasdev@SBCglobal.net Relationship: friend in war Monday, March 8, 2010

Towle, Gary Chester, CPL