GREEN BERETS LaBombard, Raymond Emery

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

LaBombard ​

• FORENAME

Raymond Emery​

• UNIT

1 SF Group ​

• RANK

Master Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

31417788​

• DATE OF DEATH

13th January 1959​

• AGE

32​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 46 Site 705​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 5.3.1926 Westfield,Massachusetts​

son of John Raymond and Gladys M. (nee Elsey) LaBombard​

husband of Lucille M. (nee Mathews) LaBombard​

graduated high school​

sheet metal worker in civilian life​

entered service 1944​

re-entered service 19.3.1946 (Sergeant,Field Artillery)​

77 SF Group December 1954 - April 1956​

14 SF Operational Detachment 1956-57​

1 SF Group 24.6.1957 - 59​

killed during night water jump Okinawa,Japan ​

Russell Cemetery,Russell,Hampden County,Massachusetts (memorial marker)​

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