William P. Yarborough Military person

Lieutenant General William Pelham Yarborough (May 12, 1912 – December 6, 2005) 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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Birth date	May 12, 1912
Date of death	December 06, 2005
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery

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award	Bronze Star Medal Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) Legion of Merit Silver Star Croix de guerre Medal of Military Valor Order of Military Merit (Korea) Bronze Medal of Military Valor
military branch	United States Army
military command	I Corps 1st Battle Group 7th Infantry 2d Bn. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 473d Infantry Regimental Combat Team 509th Parachute Battalion 66th Counterintelligence Corps Group *US Army Special Warfare Center/School for Special Warfare
service start	1931
service end	1971