GREEN BERETS Files, Albert Clifton,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Files ​

• FORENAME

Albert Clifton,Jr ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company B,Det A-253) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

28154271 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th March 1967 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

King City Cemetery,King City,Monterey County,California Section 7 Grave 349 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Sacramento,California​

born 26.7.1941 Monterey,California​

son of Frances Sunshine Lavelle (nee Taylor) Files Smith and late Albert Clifton Files (died 1945)​

single​

entered service 1963​

medic​

"Det A-243" also given​

award Bronze Star​

killed when aircraft 0-1E number 56-2509 shot down during take-off Plateau Gi,Kontum Province,South Vietnam​

MACV-SOG website claims he was in MACV-SOG-CCC-Spike Team and KIA with Captain R.E. Legate in Laos​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17E Line 43 ​

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