Apperson, Gerald Franklin, SFC

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Last Rank
Sergeant First Class
Last Service Branch
Signal Corps
Last Primary MOS
05B10-Radio Operator
Last MOS Group
Signal
Primary Unit
1968-1969, 05B4S, Command & Control North (CCN), MACV Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG)
Service Years
1954 - 1969
Signal Corps Special Forces
Sergeant First Class
Five Service Stripes
Five Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
South Dakota
South Dakota
 Year of Birth
1935
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Hot Springs, SD		 Last Address
Hot Springs, SD
Casualty Date
Jan 08, 1969		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, South (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Black Hills National Cemetery (VA) - Sturgis, South Dakota		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
35W, 53 / SECTION E SITE 1333

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National Cemetery Administration (NCA)Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family Registry
  1969, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
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  2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

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   1964-1966, 05B4S, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

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May / 1964 		To Month/Year
May / 1966
Unit
1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant		 MOS
05B4S-Radio Operator - Special Forces Qualified
Base, Fort or City
Not Specified		State/Country
Korea, South
  
 
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 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Details

1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) 		Constituted 5 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Company, 1st Battalion, First Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a combined Canadian-American organization Activated 9 July 1942 at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana Disbanded 6 January 1945 in France Reconstituted 15 April 1960 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Company B, 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion (activated 19 June 1942), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Consolidated 30 September 1960 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Forces Group (constituted 14 June 1957 in the Regular Army and activated 24 June 1957 in Japan), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces (organic units concurrently constituted and activated 4 October 1960) Group inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Activated 1 September 1984 at Fort Lewis, Washington (Former Company B, 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with Company N, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Company N, 75th Ranger Regiment , hereafter separate lineage) Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Regiment CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War II *Aleutian Islands *Naples-Foggia *Anzio *Rome-Arno *Southern France (with arrowhead) *Rhineland 1st Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to: War on Terrorism Global War on Terrorism 2d Special Forces Battalion additionally entitled to: War on Terrorism Campaigns to be determined DECORATIONS *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC AREA 1972-1973 *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ASIA 2002 *Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered JULY-AUGUST 1972 Company C, 1st Special Forces Battalion, additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IRAQ 2007 Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL IRAQ 2008-2009 Company C, 2d Special Forces Battalion, additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IRAQ 2007
Type
Special Operations 		 
Parent Unit
Special Forces Units 		Strength
Group
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SF Cooper, Mark E, MAJ 47
   

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1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Hamilton, Gilbert Lee, SFC, (1955-1968) SC 05B4S Sergeant First Class
Cutno, Alfred, CW3, (1961-1985) SC 05B4S Staff Sergeant
Boyd, Steven, SGT, (1965-1968) SC 05B4S Sergeant
Britton, Fred, LTC, (1961-1989) SC 05B4S Sergeant
Carrio, Frank, SGT, (1966-1969) SC 05B4S Sergeant
Green, Donald, MAJ, (1961-1992) SC 05B4S Sergeant
Kendra, John, SSG, (1961-1966) SC 05B4S Sergeant
McCann, Owen Fred, SGT, (1958-1966) SC 05B4S Sergeant
Briere, Donald, LTC, (1963-1993) SC 05B4S Specialist 4
Choquette, Ronald, SP 4, (1964-1967) SC 05B4S Specialist 4
Kaleikini, Theodore Kaukaohu, SGT, (1965-1968) SC 05B4S Specialist 4
Pudney, Don, SP 4, (1963-1965) SC 05B4S Specialist 4
Taylor, Rodney, SP 4, (1962-1965) SC 05B4S Specialist 4
Briere, Donald, LTC, (1963-1993) SC 05B4S Private First Class
Howell, Marion, CSM, (1955-1987) SC 05B4S Private First Class
Lied, John, SFC, (1952-1975) SC 05B10 Staff Sergeant
Cutno, Alfred, CW3, (1961-1985) SC 051.10 Sergeant
Zieba, James S, MAJ, (1957-1978) SC 05B10 Sergeant
Harleston, James, PFC, (1963-1965) SC 31K Private First Class
Tenca, David, PFC, (1963-1966) SC 1646 Private First Class
Kiernan, Thomas, COL, (1960-1989) JA 27A Colonel
Burns, Hugh, LTC, (1945-1969) IN 1542 Major
De la Pena, Miquel, LTC, (1942-1967) MI 9300 Major
Firth, John G., LTC, (1944-1970) IN 1542 Major
Bruschette, Jerome, LTC, (1958-1979) IN 31542 Captain
Dexter, Herbert John, MAJ, (1948-1965) IN 1542 Captain
Harriman, Alan Bates, CPT, (1961-1964) CA 9305 Captain
Householder, John, MAJ, (1961-1976) IN 31542 Captain
Minutoli, John Robert, CPT, (1959-1967) SC 30221 Captain
Sylvester, Bill, MAJ, (1962-1985) IN 1542 Captain
Towery, Herman Turner, CPT, (1953-1964) IN 1542 Captain
Youree, James Frank, LTC, (1952-1984) MI 9301 Captain
Youree, James Frank, LTC, (1952-1984) AG 2110 Captain
Rawlings, Patrick, 1LT, (1963-1966) IN 31542 First Lieutenant
Terry, Frederick Garside, MAJ, (1956-1968) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Payne, Paul Charles, SGM, (1943-1967) IN 11Z50 Sergeant Major
Hillis, Charles, CSM, (1948-1978) OD 63Z50 First Sergeant
Brown, Lewis E., CSM, (1943-1976) IN 11Z50 Master Sergeant
Hendricks, Gilbert, SGM, (1948-1968) IN 11F5S Master Sergeant
Williamson, Fred R, MSG, (1948-1968) IN 11F40 Master Sergeant
Alvarado, Jose, SFC, (1962-1965) IN 112.10 Sergeant First Class
Brown, Donald, SFC, (1950-1975) OD 55D20 Sergeant First Class
Dean, William Mearl, SFC, (1952-1964) EN 121.10 Sergeant First Class
Gray, Jesse Alexander, SFC, (1948-1964) IN 11F10 Sergeant First Class
Groom, George Edward, MSG, (1951-1973) IN 11F40 Sergeant First Class
Lewis, Thomas Lee, SFC, (1952-1964) IN 1745 Sergeant First Class
Newman, Bobby A., CW4, (1951-1985) IN 11F40 Sergeant First Class
Norris, Charles Raymond, MSG, (1950-1968) IN 11B4S Sergeant First Class
Sansone, Dominick, SFC, (1950-1964) IN 11B10 Sergeant First Class
Sherron, Hugh, MSG, (1953-1974) IN 11F40 Sergeant First Class
Shumate, Walter Lee, SGM, (1952-1982) IN 11B20 Sergeant First Class
Tabata, Ernest K., CSM, (1946-1981) EN 12B10 Sergeant First Class
West, Donald Frederick, SGM, (1947-1971) IN 11B10 Sergeant First Class
Williams, James, MSG, (1951-1980) IN 111.77 Sergeant First Class
Wilson, Burrell Andrew, Jr., MSG, (1955-1976) IN 11B10 Sergeant First Class
MacDougall, Edward H., MSG, (1943-1973) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
McKitrick, Michael, SSG, (1961-1974) MD 91B10 Staff Sergeant
Plank, Gerald Allen, SFC, (1966-1975) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Quirk, John, SFC, (1954-1975) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant

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