GREEN BERETS Apperson, Gerald Franklin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Apperson ​

• FORENAME

Gerald Franklin ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB 2) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

55468305 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

8th January 1969 ​

• AGE

33 ​

• GRAVESITE

Black Hills National Cemetery,Sturgis,Meade County,South Dakota Section E Site 1333 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hot Springs,South Dakota​

born 6.12.1935 Sturgis,South Dakota (as G.F. Conyers)​

son of Hal Franklin Conyers and Dorothy Gertrude Mettzs​

adopted by Harry C. and Sarah Elizabeth (nee Carter) Apperson​

husband of Delores Y.,Wilson,North Carolina (married 23.10.1954) (3 sons Timothy,Dennis and Allan)​

graduated Sturgis High School 1953​

employed with an oilfield,Wyoming​

enlisted 17.3.1954​

43 Engineer Bn (HHC) 1954-58​

109 Engineer Bn (Company B) 1958-64​

SF Qualification Course 1964​

1 SF Group 1964-66​

5 SF Group 1966-69​

promoted SFC posthumously​

KIA near Dak To,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 35W Line 53 ​

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