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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30462" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Howard </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert Lewis (Bob) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 SF Group (MACV/SOG) (CCC - RT Colorado) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14628152</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit x 3</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Laos 1967 (DSC) Laos 1968 (MoH) Cambodia 1968 (SS) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.7.1939 Opelika, Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 20.7.1956 Montgomery, Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>101st Airborne Division 1966</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Medal of Honor (recommended 3 times)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 18.11.1968 Cambodia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 30.12.1968 Laos</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA total 14 times in 54 months of combat duty in Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8 purple hearts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned as 1st Lt December 1969</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served with 82 and 101 Airborne Divisions, 2 Ranger Bn, 3, 5 and 6 SF Groups, 7 Corps, XVIII Airborne Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"Built like a lumberjack, was square-jawed, handsome and rock-tough, yet quiet and unassuming, with a soul and a conscience."</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 23.12.2009 San Antonio, Texas </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 7A, Site 138</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-howard.37853/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/37/37853-fd5a5c48bc74899409319f3fc718afde.jpg?1668546164" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-l-howard.407/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/407-cc5a8863caca34165e750e077bdff330.jpg?1591383000" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-howard-grave.37852/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/37/37852-ac377c35bf64ab10c233e4b5cb06ec98.jpg?1668546163" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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