GREEN BERETS Yancey, John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Yancey ​

• FORENAME

John M.,Jr (Butch)​

• UNIT

1 SF Operational Detachment - Delta ​

• RANK

Master Sergeant​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

24th February 1982​

• AGE

38​

• GRAVESITE

Willow Cemetery,Haskell,Haskell County,Texas​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 19.8.1943​

awarded D.S.C. with 5 SF Group (MACV-SOG) 1969 Laos ​

7 SF Group (3 Bn) 1976-77​

1 SFOD-Delta 1978-82​

killed in night fire sniper training exercise Range 19B,Fort Bragg,North Carolina​

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