A friend of mine served as a member of the special forces in Viet Nam. For a reason unknown to me, he never received his black beret. He was honorably discharged.

In the years that I have known him, he has mentioned many times "all I want is my black beret."

I recently found out my friend is full of cancer and does not have a lot longer to live.
Could anyone lead me in a direction I would need to go to make this happen? Thank you

Last time I heard, Special Forces were Green Berets. Black Berets were not general issue during the Viet Nam era, though some Armor Cavalry units wore them...

My suggestion? Buy one - They are available through all kinds of catalogs and on-line stores: $15.00

In the United States military, the beret was unofficially worn by a variety of special operations units during and following World War II. In the spring of 1951, the 10th and 11th Ranger Companies wore black berets during their training at Camp Carson, Colorado before their deployment to Japan.

In 1973, permission was granted to local commanders to encourage distinctive, morale-enhancing uniform items and the black beret was adopted by Armor and Armored Cavalry units in the United States.

A black beret was authorised for wear by Women soldiers in 1975.[1]

On January 30th, 1975 it was officially assigned as part of the newly created battalions of United States Army Rangers who had worn it unofficially during the Vietnam War.

In 1979 the Army Chief of Staff ruled that the black beret was restricted to just Ranger and Airborne units (the latter receiving their distinctive maroon berets on November 28th, 1980). However, since November 28th, 2001 the black beret is worn by all United States Army troops unless the soldier is approved to wear a different distinctive beret. The Rangers now wear tan berets, a homage to the buckskins worn by Rogers' Rangers.

thank you