GREEN BERETS Gore, Calvin Thomas (Cal)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gore ​

• FORENAME

Calvin Thomas (Cal) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Task Force Advisory Element 1) (STDAT-10,MACV Advisors) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

260540720 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th June 1972 ​

• AGE

39 ​

• GRAVESITE

Oakdale Cemetery,Wilmington,New Hanover County,North Carolina Section W Lot 78​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Augusta,Georgia​

born 8.12.1932 New Orleans,Louisiana​

son of late Calvin W. Gore (1900-48) ​

son of Mrs Julia S. Hurst,1848 Ohio Avenue,Augusta,Georgia​

husband of Martha J. Gore,552 Hilliard Drive,Fayetteville,North Carolina​

entered service 1951​

served Korean War​

graduated OCS,Fort Benning,Georgia​

former MACV-SOG-Op-36B​

awards Legion of Merit,Bronze Star with 2 oak leaf clusters,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal​

killed in aircrash (non hostile) Pleiku Province,South Vietnam​

(China Airlines C-46 number BR 130480)​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 01W Line 36 ​

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