(Edited obituary extract from The Washington Post, dated June 12, 2010):
Gilbert E. Fields, 80, an Air Force ...[Security Police]... officer who retired at the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and then served with the U.S. Capitol Police for ... 20 years, died of respiratory failure June 3 [2010] at the Southern Maryland Hospital Center. He was a resident of Clinton.
Sgt. Fields served with the Capitol Police from 1971 to 1990 and helped maintain the peace during Vietnam War protests. He also helped protect members of Congress after the 1983 bombing near the Senate chamber.
Gilbert Ernest Fields, a native of Clover, S.C., joined the Air Force in 1947. For seven years, he served with the police and security detachment responsible for guarding the president's aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base and abroad.
He served in Vietnam and received the Bronze Star Medal...[with Valor]... for directing his troops and retrieving extra ammunition under fire during the Tet Offensive.
In his spare time, Sgt. Fields helped coach football for the Clinton Boys and Girls Club, leading his teams to multiple league championships.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Betty Carter Fields of Clinton; a son, Mark Fields; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Gilbert E. Fields, 80, an Air Force ...[Security Police]... officer who retired at the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and then served with the U.S. Capitol Police for ... 20 years, died of respiratory failure June 3 [2010] at the Southern Maryland Hospital Center. He was a resident of Clinton.
Sgt. Fields served with the Capitol Police from 1971 to 1990 and helped maintain the peace during Vietnam War protests. He also helped protect members of Congress after the 1983 bombing near the Senate chamber.
Gilbert Ernest Fields, a native of Clover, S.C., joined the Air Force in 1947. For seven years, he served with the police and security detachment responsible for guarding the president's aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base and abroad.
He served in Vietnam and received the Bronze Star Medal...[with Valor]... for directing his troops and retrieving extra ammunition under fire during the Tet Offensive.
In his spare time, Sgt. Fields helped coach football for the Clinton Boys and Girls Club, leading his teams to multiple league championships.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Betty Carter Fields of Clinton; a son, Mark Fields; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
(Edited obituary extract from The Washington Post, dated June 12, 2010):
Gilbert E. Fields, 80, an Air Force ...[Security Police]... officer who retired at the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and then served with the U.S. Capitol Police for ... 20 years, died of respiratory failure June 3 [2010] at the Southern Maryland Hospital Center. He was a resident of Clinton.
Sgt. Fields served with the Capitol Police from 1971 to 1990 and helped maintain the peace during Vietnam War protests. He also helped protect members of Congress after the 1983 bombing near the Senate chamber.
Gilbert Ernest Fields, a native of Clover, S.C., joined the Air Force in 1947. For seven years, he served with the police and security detachment responsible for guarding the president's aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base and abroad.
He served in Vietnam and received the Bronze Star Medal...[with Valor]... for directing his troops and retrieving extra ammunition under fire during the Tet Offensive.
In his spare time, Sgt. Fields helped coach football for the Clinton Boys and Girls Club, leading his teams to multiple league championships.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Betty Carter Fields of Clinton; a son, Mark Fields; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Gilbert E. Fields, 80, an Air Force ...[Security Police]... officer who retired at the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and then served with the U.S. Capitol Police for ... 20 years, died of respiratory failure June 3 [2010] at the Southern Maryland Hospital Center. He was a resident of Clinton.
Sgt. Fields served with the Capitol Police from 1971 to 1990 and helped maintain the peace during Vietnam War protests. He also helped protect members of Congress after the 1983 bombing near the Senate chamber.
Gilbert Ernest Fields, a native of Clover, S.C., joined the Air Force in 1947. For seven years, he served with the police and security detachment responsible for guarding the president's aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base and abroad.
He served in Vietnam and received the Bronze Star Medal...[with Valor]... for directing his troops and retrieving extra ammunition under fire during the Tet Offensive.
In his spare time, Sgt. Fields helped coach football for the Clinton Boys and Girls Club, leading his teams to multiple league championships.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Betty Carter Fields of Clinton; a son, Mark Fields; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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