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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 9487" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Childress </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wilbur Herbert </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 SF Group (USARV UITG) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Command Sergeant Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>531286736 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20th April 1972 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>42 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 46 Site 494-16 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Tacoma,Washington</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.1.1930 Medicine Hat,Alberta,Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of William Henry and Mary Ann (nee Moffatt) Childress</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married (maiden name Drake)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served in Korean War</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>326 Medical Company,101 Airborne Division 1958-61</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) (1st Sgt) 1962-64</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>JFK Special Warfare Center and School (HQ Staff and Facility Company) (SGM) 1967-68</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8 SF Group (CSM) 1968-70</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ USARV Training Advisory Group,USARV 1972</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Meritorious Service Medal,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>accidentally killed while placing his SWEDISH K submachine gun on his bunk when it went off,Bien Hoa Province,South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 01W Line 4 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-childress.36076/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36076-887cdfb5966e146cefb3114b151f56b5.jpg?1637674769" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-childress.32153/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32153-8ec98a6b279b3c03df391a49aa4210be.jpg?1591436205" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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