GREEN BERETS Meares, Cecil Abner

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Meares ​

• FORENAME

Cecil Abner​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company)​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

14282137 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd September 1967 ​

• AGE

37 ​

• GRAVESITE

Hollywood Cemetery,Lumberton,Robeson County,North Carolina Meares Plot​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lumberton,North Carolina​

born 10.12.1929 Lumberton,North Carolina​

son of Luther Abner and Dorothy Cora (nee Baxley) Meares Meares,Central Islip,New York​

husband of Freddie Meares,Fayetteville,North Carolina (2 sons Carris and Donal,2 daughters Dorothy and Louise)​

entered service 1948​

Corps of Engineers​

27th Infantry Regiment 1950-51​

187 Airborne Infantry Regiment 1951-55​

served Korean War​

77 SF Group 1957-60​

7 SF Group 1960​

6 SF Group 1965-66​

5 SF Group 1966-67​

awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal​

killed in accident Khanh Hoa Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 27E Line 3 ​

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