William P. Yarborough
Military Person
1912 – 2005
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Who was William P. Yarborough?
Lieutenant General William Pelham Yarborough was a United States Army officer and a 1936 graduate of West Point. Yarborough designed the US Army's parachutist badge, paratrooper or 'jump' boots, and the airborne jump uniform. He is known as the 'Father of the Modern Green Berets.' He is descended from the Yorkshire House of Yarborough. Yarborough is a distant cousin to such British noble figures as the Baron Deramore and Lord Alvingham.
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- Born
- May 12, 1912
Seattle - Also known as
- William Yarborough
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Dec 6, 2005
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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