GREEN BERETS Gies, Marvin Arthur

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gies ​

• FORENAME

Marvin Arthur ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (RECONDO School) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

55483020 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st January 1969 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Highland Memorial Park,Libertyville,Lake County,Illinois Section 2 Lot 114 Space 4​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lillington,North Carolina​

born 25.1.1934 Chicago,Illinois​

son of Edith Martin,Chicago,Illinois​

husband of Joyce (nee Ausley) Gies,Fayetteville,North Carolina (1 daughter Jayme,1 stepson David)​

police officer,Lillington​

business owner,Lillington (J. Mar Florist and a restaurant)​

served Korean War​

12 vears service​

medic​

SF Training Group,Medical Committee,Fort Bragg,North Carolina 1968​

5 SF Group (Company E,Det B-52,Project Delta) in one source​

awards Silver Star with oak leaf cluster,Bronze Star​

WIA on helicopter attempting extraction SW of Nha Trang,South Vietnam​

DOW later same day Nha Trang Hospital,Khanh Hoa Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 34W Line 48 ​

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