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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 51107" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Adkins</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bennie Gene</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 SF Group (Det A-102)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>54193612</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross (2014 upgraded to MOH)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>South Vietnam 1966</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1.2.1934 Waurika, Oklahoma</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Ben G. Adkins (1900-1976)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Julia Idell (nee Musgraves) Adkins (1906-1988)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1956</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Infantry Division</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SF 1961-74</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7,3,6 and 5 SF Groups </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 10.3.1966 A Shau, South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards MoH (awarded 2014), D.S.C. (upgraded), Silver Star, Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Sergeants Major Academy, El Paso, Texas 1974</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jungle School, Fort Benning, Georgia 1974-76</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1978 as CSM</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Troy State University 1979,1982 and 1988</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>CEO, Adkins Accounting Service Inc (22 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>taught night classes, Southern Union Junior College, Alabama and Auburn University</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Mary Nell (1931-2019) (4 children (Dennis Craig (1957-1979), Benne Wayne (1963-2014))</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 17.04.2020 (Aged 86) Opelika, Alabama, USA (due Covid)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 12A, Site 552</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-adkins.22350/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22350-9aa4c6ca8efb4d062fe85a9d2f4a1d03.jpg?1591401276" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-adkins.26993/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26993-66670aaa21e972f453abbe3b630d4918.jpg?1591433659" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-adkins-grave.36846/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36846-a8542bdc44bf05a1de6a26ad1848c48f.jpg?1652695442" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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