GREEN BERETS Spires, John Albert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Spires ​

• FORENAME

John Albert ​

• UNIT

1 SF Group (Company B,1 Bn)(Mobile Training Team 4,Forces Armee Nationale Khmere (FANK) Command)​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

114287669​

• DATE OF DEATH

22nd July 1972 ​

• AGE

35 ​

• GRAVESITE

Woodlawn National Cemetery,Elmira,Chemung County,New York Section G Site 4375​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Bath,New York​

born 15.7.1937 New York​

son of Joseph Albert and Ellen Spires​

husband of Kay Ann Spires (1942-2017)​

entered service 1962​

1 SF Group 1971-72​

awards Bronze Star with V with 2 oak leaf clusters,Army Commendation Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters​

KIA Kontum Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 58 ​

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