US PARAS 2 Wemple, Earl Scott,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wemple​

• FORENAME

Earl Scott,Jr​

• UNIT

101 Airborne Division (HQ and HQ Company,2 Brigade)​

• RANK

Command Sergeant Major​

• NUMBER

32778864​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st April 1969​

• AGE

44​

• GRAVESITE

Lafayette Memorial Park,Fayetteville,Cumberland County,North Carolina Garden of Everlasting Life Lot 39 Space 1​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Netcong,New Jersey​

born 7.1.1925 Netcong,New Jersey​

husband of Jean Theresa Wemple,Cumberland County,North Carolina (5 children Patrick,Jean,Gail,Timothy and Earl III)​

26 years service​

Signal Corps​

served in WW2 and Korea​

awards Bronze Star with 2 oak leaf clusters,Air Medal with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters (dates/units ?)​

accidental self destruction (non hostile) Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

weapons malfunction​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 26W Line 23​

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Holmdel,New Jersey​

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