Synopsis. John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790, in Charles City County, Virginia. Like his father, Tyler served as governor of Virginia. Representing the Whig Party, he was the first vice president to become president due the death of his predecessor (President William Henry Harrison).
In the British Army, a rifle platoon from an infantry company consists of three sections of eight men, plus a signaller (radio operator), a platoon sergeant (a Sergeant), the platoon commander (either a second lieutenant or lieutenant) and a mortar man operating a light mortar (full strength of 27 men and one officer).
In Vietnam, a standard infantry battalion totaled 920-men on paper. There was the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, or HHC which numbered 128-men; there were four rifle companies of 158-men each; and Echo Company carried 160-men on paper. In the field, Echo normally carried only 96-men.