GREEN BERETS Childress, Wilbur Herbert

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Childress
  • FORENAME
Wilbur Herbert
  • UNIT
5 SF Group (USARV UITG)
  • RANK
Command Sergeant Major
  • NUMBER
531286736
  • DATE OF DEATH
20th April 1972
  • AGE
42
  • GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 46 Site 494-16
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Tacoma,Washington
born 14.1.1930 Medicine Hat,Alberta,Canada
son of William Henry and Mary Ann (nee Moffatt) Childress
married (maiden name Drake)
served in Korean War
326 Medical Company,101 Airborne Division 1958-61
10 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) (1st Sgt) 1962-64
JFK Special Warfare Center and School (HQ Staff and Facility Company) (SGM) 1967-68
8 SF Group (CSM) 1968-70
HQ USARV Training Advisory Group,USARV 1972
awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Meritorious Service Medal,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters
accidentally killed while placing his SWEDISH K submachine gun on his bunk when it went off,Bien Hoa Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 01W Line 4
 
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