- Other Entry
- SURNAME
Dexter
- FORENAME
Herbert John
- UNIT
502 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (HQ and HQ Company,2 Bn) (Ops Officer)
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
OF104408
- DATE OF DEATH
18th September 1965
- AGE
33
- GRAVESITE
Camp Butler National Cemetery,Springfield,Sangamon County,Illinois Section D Site 205
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Decatur,Illinois
born 1.3.1932 Decatur,Illinois
son of Henry George and Ella Oline (nee Foale) Dexter
husband of Beverly Louise (nee Funk) Dexter (1932-2013) (married 18.9.1952) (5 children)
graduated Decatur High School
entered service 1949
served Korean War
US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM),82nd Airborne Division 1955-59
1 Special Forces Group (Det A-232) 1962-64
US Army FORSCOM,101st Airborne Division 1964-65
502 Infantry Regiment (2 Bn) 1965
awards D.S.C. (posthumous),Silver Star,Army Commendation Medal (dates ?)
KIA An Ninh,Binh Dinh Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 02E Line 86
DATE OF DEATH:
18-Sep-1965
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