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Green Berets at War: U.S.Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956-75
By Shelby L. Stanton
Accidental Agent: Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance
By John Goldsmith
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 8530" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Combs </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Alfred Henry,Jr (Al) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MACV Advisor (attached ARVN Airborne) (former SF) </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>12291842 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>25th June 1965 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>34 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Raleigh National Cemetery,Raleigh,Wake County,North Carolina Section 23 Site 343 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Seaside,California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.1.1931 New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Joan Frances (nee Doherty) Combs (1929-71) (2 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1951</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Airborne/Ranger qualified</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served Korean War</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SF Group 1961-63</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Defense Language Institute West (DLI West) 1964</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SD-5891 HQ MACV Advisor Teams 1964-65</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Silver Star (for 1964),Bronze Star,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>killed in floating restuarant bombing Saigon,South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 02E Line 17</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-combs-on-left.1327/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1327-c786b628263542c90d553ef390b6208c.jpg?1591383218" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-combs-grave.13556/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13556-b0c0946a44c3d2958dad114c71085d61.jpg?1591398921" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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