GREEN BERETS Stibbins, Milo Benett

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Stibbins ​

• FORENAME

Milo Benett ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) ​

• RANK

Specialist Fifth Class ​

• NUMBER

13344362​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th June 1965 ​

• AGE

35 ​

• GRAVESITE

Beverly National Cemetery,Beverly,Burlington County,New Jersey Section V Site 1953A​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Philadelphia,Pennsylvania​

born 3.9.1929 Valdosta,Georgia​

son of Milo Benett and Fannie Bell ( nee Smith) Stibbins​

husband of Ruby G. Stibbins,705 Sampson Homes,Clinton,North Carolina (5 children) (1930-2008)​

graduated Overbrook High School,Philadelphia​

entered service 1950 (14 years)​

Fort Dix,New Jersey (US Army Training Center Infantry) 1951​

Fort Benning,Georgia (Airborne School) 1951​

8th Army (EUSA) 1952-53​

SF Training Group (Airborne) 1955-56​

parachute rigger (SF qualified)​

82nd Airborne Parachute Maintenance Company 1964 ​

5 SF Group 1965​

awards Bronze Star,Air Medal​

killed in air crash (non hostile) south of Pleiku,Pleiku Province,South Vietnam​

C-123B (56-4379) (310 Air Commando Squadron) ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 02E Line 8​

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