GREEN BERETS Eagle, Banze White

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Eagle​

• FORENAME

Banze White​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company B,Det A-104)​

• RANK

First Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Bronze Star with V device with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal with V with oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster​

• PLACE

South Vietnam​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 8.2.1943 Iredell, North Carolina​

son of Robert Alexander (1922-1989) and Pearl W. (nee Byers) Eagle (1921-1975)​

graduated Statesville Senior High School​

attended Mitchell College​

graduated High Point University​

5 SF Group 1968 (1st Lt)​

9 Cavalry Regiment (Company B,1 Bn) (Captain) (helicopter pilot) 1971​

awarded 2 Purple Hearts​

above awards for 3 tours of Vietnam​

technical advisor on film The Green Berets with John Wayne​

married Judith Vance Klutz (b.1941)​

daughter Christina Hvinden​

died 21.7.1998 Winston-Salem, North Carolina (due cancer)​

Olivet Baptist Church Cemetery, Catawba, Catawba County, North Carolina​

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