GREEN BERETS West, Grayson Jerald

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

West ​

• FORENAME

Grayson Jerald ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company C,Det A-106) ​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

17198591​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th December 1965 ​

• AGE

37 ​

• GRAVESITE

Raleigh National Cemetery,Raleigh,Wake County,North Carolina Section 14 Site 1182​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Webster City,Iowa​

from Hope Mills,North Carolina according to newspaper account​

born 25.2.1928​

married​

entered service 17.11.1945 Des Moines,Iowa​

served in Korean War​

award Silver Star​

KIA Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04E Line 19 ​

note the date of death on his headstone is 21.12.1965 (dated body recovered ?)​

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[Roger L West]

Grayson Jerald West

Dad You are my HERO I Miss you Love Roger Your First Born Son