GREEN BERETS Wolford, Craig Benton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wolford ​

• FORENAME

Craig Benton ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Det A-5-4)​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

16277488​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th February 1963 ​

• AGE

33 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lone Tree Cemetery,Lone Tree,Johnson County,Iowa​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Columbus Junction,Iowa​

born 28.2.1929 Iowa​

son of Effie Velma (nee Abrams) Wolford,Columbus Junction,Iowa and late (died 1943) Charles Frances Wolford​

single​

18 years service​

served in Korean War​

his unit became Det A-105 later​

accidental self-destruction (non hostile) Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam​

accidentally killed while installing a minefield​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 19 ​

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