GREEN BERETS Reno, Ralph Joseph,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Reno ​

• FORENAME

Ralph Joseph,Jr​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV-SOG-CCC) (FOB-2) (RT Nevada) ​

• RANK

Master Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

19383175​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd July 1966 ​

• AGE

36 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 9768 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Fayetteville,North Carolina​

born 3.11.1929 Chicago,Illinois​

son of Ralph Joseph and Mrs Reno​

husband of Lois A. Reno,5121 North Sumac Circle,Fayetteville,North Carolina (3 children Nancy,Mary and Ralph III)​

18 years service​

USMCR 1948-50​

USAF 1950-54​

served in Korean war​

82nd Airborne Division 1954-56​

3 SF Group 1964-65​

5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) 1965-66​

MACV-SOG 1966​

awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Air Medal with multiple oak leaf clusters​

killed in CH-34 helicopter crash (non hostile)28k SE of Kham Duc,Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam​

body not recovered​

declared dead 4.7.1967 ​

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 08E Line 126​

remains repatriated 13.4.2010​

remains identified 1.10.2010​

buried September 2011 (remains of 12 Vietnamese commandos in same casket)​

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