GREEN BERETS Cribb, Edward Bernard V (Ed)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Cribb ​

• FORENAME

Edward Bernard V (Ed) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (23 Special Warfare Aviation Detachment) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

05310584 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th August 1963 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Benning Post Cemetery,Fort Benning,Muscogee County,Georgia Section C-3 Site 750 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Cactus,Arizona​

born 2.2.1939 Los Angeles,California​

son of Edward Bernard Cribb IV,San Antonio,Texas and Beatrice Martha (nee Barton) Cribb,Sepulveda,California​

husband of Barbara Angeline (nee Slade) Cribb (1938-2018) (married 23.10.1960) (2 children Richard and Martha)​

widow remarried 9.4.1966 to Charles H. Dayhuff III​

1 year college​

entered service 30.6.1956 Phoenix,Arizona (Private)​

51st OC,TSB,Fort Benning,Georgia (Specialist Fifth Class 19603023)​

Infantry Officer Candidate School,Fort Benning,Georgia (Class 3-60) January - 16.6.1960​

helicopter pilot​

award Air Medal​

promoted Captain posthumously​

KIA air crash when OV-1C,tail no 61-2707 crashed Kien Hoa Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 27 ​

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