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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 9309" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Whelan </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Joseph Vincent </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCC) (Exploitation Force) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>135340470 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>25th October 1969 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 36 Site 2604</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Garwood,New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1.2.1942 Bayonne,New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>lived most of his life Cranford,New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Joseph and Lillian Whelan</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Dorothy (nee Gillespie) Whelan (1 daughter Charlotte)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Cranford High School 1959</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Army 1959-62</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>re-enlisted 1965</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Field Artillery Officer Candidate School,Fort Sill,Oklahoma (Class 19-66) 1965-66</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA twice and awarded Bronze Star on first tour of Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Silver Star (posthumously)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>also awarded Army Commendation Medal (date ?)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Laos</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 17W Line 115</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-whelan.22842/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22842-5b582a175396dcd62d773636926cdc37.jpg?1591401399" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-whelan.22844/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22844-fdb778c87be27433c10b49793ac4ee96.jpg?1591401400" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-whelan.1147/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1147-517709c71b726812adb954658a8684ca.jpg?1591383135" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-whelan-grave.22843/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22843-38555a0da9c00d4682e0709d83a6f3aa.jpg?1591401400" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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