GREEN BERETS McBride, Claude William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McBride ​

• FORENAME

Claude William (Mickey)​

• UNIT

1 SF Group (Company B,2 Bn,Det A-214) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

13479760​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd August 1963 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

Salem County War Veterans Cemetery,Woodstown,Salem County,New Jersey​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Salem,New Jersey​

born 19.5.1936​

son of France and Grace Elizabeth (nee Press) McBride,29 8th Street,Salem.New Jersey​

husband of Mrs McBride,Oxford,England (1 son Douglas age 7) (married June 1956​

graduated Salem High School​

New Jersey National Guard 1951​

entered service 1953 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania​

served in Korea​

82nd Airborne Division​

1 SF Group​

award Silver Star (posthumous)​

KIA near An Diem,Quang Tri Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 27 ​

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