GREEN BERETS Ratliff, Clarence Cecil

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Ratliff ​

• FORENAME

Clarence Cecil ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB 1) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

0-4009640​

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd July 1968 ​

• AGE

42 ​

• GRAVESITE

Raleigh National Cemetery,Raleigh,Wake County,North Carolina Section 25 Site 283​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Raleigh,North Carolina​

born 30.12.1925 Tishomingo,Oklahoma​

son of John Martin and Gertie E. (nee Williams) Ratliff​

husband of Zelphia S. Ratliff,315 Dacian Drive,Raleigh,North Carolina​

20 years service​

82nd Airborne Division (SFC) 1953​

Artillery OCS,Fort Sill (Class 47-54) August 1953 - January 1954​

82nd Airborne Division 1954-56​

5 SF Group (Company D,Det B-41) 1967​

MACV-SOG 1967-68​

awards Bronze Star,Army Commendation Medal​

killed in helicopter crash (non hostile) Phu Bai,Kien Tuong Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 54W Line 39 ​

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