Benfold, Edward Clyde, HM3

Fallen
 
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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Last Primary NEC
HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman
Primary Unit
1952-1952, HM-0000, 2nd Bn, 1st Marine Regiment (2/1)
Service Years
1949 - 1952
HM-Hospital Corpsman

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Home State
New Jersey
New Jersey
 Year of Birth
1931
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Camden, NJ		 Last Address
Audubon, NJ
Casualty Date
Sep 05, 1952		  
Cause
KIA-Died of Wounds		 Reason
Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location
Korea, South		 Conflict
Korean War
Location of Interment
Beverly National Cemetery (VA) - Beverly, New Jersey		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
SECTION DS SITE 12

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)Congressional Medal Of Honor SocietyKorean War FallenUnited States Navy Memorial
The National Gold Star Family Registry
  1952, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2011, Congressional Medal Of Honor Society
  2013, Korean War Fallen
  2013, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry


 Tributes from Members  
His Namesake~USS Benfold (DDG-56) posted by Burgdorf, Tommy (Birddog), FC2 439

  1949, Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL)
School
Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL)

Company, Class or Division
Not Specified

Start Date 
May, 1949		  

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1949 RTC GL CO'S 251 & 252 PG1
1949 RTC GL CO'S 251 & 252 PG2
1949 RTC GL CO'S 251 & 252 PG3
1949 RTC GL CO'S 251 PG1
 
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  28 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Belcher, Herbert Eugene, PO1, (1949-1969) May, 1949
Biddle, Richard, PO2, (1949-1954) 138 May, 1949
Black, Cole, CAPT, (1949-1979) May, 1949
Board, Aubery, PO1, (1949-1969) May, 1949
Burton, William W., PO3, (1949-1953) 137 May, 1949
Caprio, John Philip, AN, (1949-1951) May, 1949
Fields, Robert, PO2, (1949-1953) May, 1949
Fields, Robert, PO2, (1949-1953) May, 1949
Gillespie, Robert, HN, (1949-1951) May, 1949
Hughes, Fred Curtis, SN, (1949-1952) May, 1949
Hunt, Ronald Jackson, SN, (1949-1952) May, 1949
Johnson, Curtis Lee, SN, (1949-1952) May, 1949
King, James Hubert, SN, (1949-1952) May, 1949
KIRCHNER, RUDY, PO3, (1955-1957) May, 1949
Krueger, Wayne Allen, SN, (1949-1951) May, 1949
Lawrence, Daniel, S1c, (1949-1955) May, 1949
Mishler, Russell Gordon, HN, (1949-1951) May, 1949
Shields, Robert, LCDR, (1949-1975) 146 May, 1949
Thode, Henrick (Al), PO1, (1949-1953) May, 1949
Barber, Richard (Dick), MCPO, (1949-1978) 175 Jun, 1949
Conway, Francis, PO3, (1949-1953) 19 Jun, 1949
Horton, Thomas Lyle, PO3, (1949-1952) 129 Jun, 1949
Julien, Thomas, MCPO, (1949-1972) 299 Jun, 1949
McGraw, Thomas Leo, AN, (1949-1953) 934 Jun, 1949
Palm, Arthur, PO3, (1949-1953) 299 Jun, 1949
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