GREEN BERETS Deere, Donald Thorpe

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Deere ​

• FORENAME

Donald Thorpe ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Det A-302) (Mobile Strike Force) ​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class ​

• NUMBER

25972243 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1966 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing Court B ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Snyder,Texas​

born 6.9.1944 Roscoe,Texas​

son of Herman Leon and Thelma Emma (nee Thorpe) Deere​

raised Snyder,Texas​

single​

graduated Snyder High School 1962​

4 years service​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V,Air Medal​

KIA 14k WSW of Loc Ninh,Binh Long Province,South Vietnam​

body not recovered​

declared dead 18.5.1967​

promoted Specialist Fifth Class posthumously​

Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Midland,Texas​

Hillside Memorial Gardens,Snyder,Scurry County,Texas (memorial stone) ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 07E Line 69 ​

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