Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) William Hobert (Wild Bill) Eversole, D-970, a member of Chapter XXXIII, Special Forces Association served in the U.S.Army and the Vietnam War.
Bill joined the Army in 1958 before finishing high school but became a highly trained and skilled infantryman. He served in several conventional and non-airborne units before joining the 10th SFG (A) at Bad Tolz in 1963, where he completed his Special Forces qualification training. He later served in the 1st, 5th (two tours in RVN) and 6th SFG (A). His last SF assignment was back to the 10th.
As a senior NCO, Bill was reassigned out of Special Forces to be the First Sergeant of a non-airborne (straight-leg) transportation company in Germany where, remarkably, he achieved great success as a unit leader. Returning to CONUS, Bill was assigned to the 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). There he achieved great personal and professional success, first as a rifle company First Sergeant and, later, as a Battalion Command Sergeant Major. In 1981, he retired from the army with 23 years’ service. Bill is pictured in the group photo; top far right and standing when he was awarded the Purple Heart. These were the select few of the Special Forces for operation Daniel Boone.
CSM Eversole’s awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal w/V device and three oak leaf clusters; Purple Heart; Air Medal; Meritorious Service Medal; and numerous foreign awards including parachute wings from 22 foreign countries.
“Special Operations Recon Mission Impossible,” a small group of highly trained, resourceful US Special Forces (SF) men were asked to go in teams behind the enemy lines to gather intelligence on the North Vietnamese…
SSG William H. “Bill” Eversole as being 1-0 for Sgt. Davidson when they ran into a booby trap in local training area and Eversole got body wounded. They were the 189th “Ghost Riders”
Project OMEGA (B-50) 1968 Operation Daniel Boone Commando’s in Cambodia.
EVERSOLE, WILLAM H. SERGEAT FIRST CLASS
Awarded: Purple Heart
5SF GO 68/0023 – 13 February 1968
Date action: 5 February 1968
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