GREEN BERETS Sommerhof, Earl Thomas

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Sommerhof ​

• FORENAME

Earl Thomas ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company D,Det B-43) ​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

499363801​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st October 1969 ​

• AGE

36 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lafayette Memorial Park,Fayetteville,Cumberland County,North Carolina​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Fayetteville,North Carolina​

born 25.8.1933 Springfield,Illinois​

son of William Harry and Margaret (nee Hogan) Sommerhof​

husband of Edna E. Sommerhof,2809 Hermitage Avenue,Fayetteville,North Carolina​

uncle of William Scott Sommerhof (1stLt USMC) killed 23.10.1983 in Beirut bombing​

12 years service​

former 8 SF Group​

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

died in accident (non hostile) Chau Doc Province,South Vietnam ​

weapons malfunction​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17W Line 23 ​

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