Jimi Hendrix? I read somewhere he was an ex-paratrooper, but I don't recall his unit.
Hendrix was undoubtedly a musical genius, but his sidemen with the Experience, Brit blues veterans Noel Redding (bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums), share a lot of the credit for the musical style he pioneered.
Incidentally, I once saw scrawled on a college restroom wall:
"Jimi Hendrix was a credit to his race."
Proving that hippies did indeed have a sense of humor.