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Adelbert F. "Bert" Waldron III (March 14, 1933 – October 18, 1995) was a
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sniper who served during the
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with the 9th Infantry Division. Until 2011, Waldron held the record for most confirmed kills by any American sniper (109 confirmed kills).


Early life

Adelbert was born 14 March 1933 to Adeline Baxter Waldron and Adelbert F. Waldron, a parking lot operator, detective agency employee, fireman and school bus driver in Syracuse, New York. He had two sisters.


Career

Prior to his time in the Army, Waldron spent 12 years in the US Navy. As a member of the 9th Infantry Division, he was assigned to PBR boats patrolling the Mekong Delta, at one point making a confirmed kill from a moving boat at 900 yards. He set his record of 109 kills in just 8 months. After leaving Vietnam he was assigned as a marksmanship instructor at Ft. Benning, GA but left the Army in 1970. Waldron was one of the few two-time recipients of the
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, both awarded for separate actions in 1969. In addition to these he was awarded a Silver Star, multiple
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s, and a Presidential Unit Citation. Waldron is buried in
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in
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.


See also

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Chris Kyle Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He has over 150 c ...
(United States Navy SEAL) was in 2011 credited with 160 kills. *
Carlos Hathcock Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a l ...
(United States Marine Corps) had 93 confirmed kills * Eric R. England (United States Marine Corps) had 98 kills *
Chuck Mawhinney Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney (born 1949) is a former United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills, having recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills in 16 months during the Vi ...
(United States Marine Corps) had 103 kills. *
Simo Häyhä Simo Häyhä (; 17December 1905 1April 2002), often referred to by his nickname, The White Death ( fi, Valkoinen kuolema; russian: Белая смерть, Belaya smert’), was a Finnish military sniper in World War II during the 1939–1940 Wi ...
, the record-holder for any major war with 505 confirmed kills. *
Longest recorded sniper kills Reports regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the general public since 1967. Snipers have had a substantial history following the ...
*
List of snipers A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy pe ...


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Bibliography

* * * "Little Known Sniper" (website) accessed 18 August 2010 http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/archive/index.php/t-2178.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldron, Adelbert American military snipers United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) American Protestants Recipients of the Silver Star United States Army soldiers Burials at Riverside National Cemetery 1933 births 1995 deaths