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PFC Paul Melvin Beddoe Jr.

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PFC Paul Melvin Beddoe Jr. Veteran

Birth
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
Death
21 Jan 1968 (aged 19)
Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Burial
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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PFC Beddoe #2352527
MOS: 0311 Rifleman.

When Paul arrived in Vietnam 6 December 1967, he was assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Recon, 3rd Marine Division. Paul went out on a recon patrol with India Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. India Company was in the vicinity of Hill 881N and 7 kilometers west northwest of Khe Sanh, when the Marines were engaged by hostile forces. Paul was wounded
during the intense fighting and was medevac to a Station Hospital NSA in Danang where he died 21 January of multiple fragmentation wounds to the head and body from a hostile explosive sustained 20 January, during Operation Scotland.
Paul had been in Vietnam for 45 days when he died.
Survived by his parents, Paul M and Anna A Beddoe Sr of Route #4, Box 466A, Medford, Oregon.
PFC Beddoe #2352527
MOS: 0311 Rifleman.

When Paul arrived in Vietnam 6 December 1967, he was assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Recon, 3rd Marine Division. Paul went out on a recon patrol with India Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. India Company was in the vicinity of Hill 881N and 7 kilometers west northwest of Khe Sanh, when the Marines were engaged by hostile forces. Paul was wounded
during the intense fighting and was medevac to a Station Hospital NSA in Danang where he died 21 January of multiple fragmentation wounds to the head and body from a hostile explosive sustained 20 January, during Operation Scotland.
Paul had been in Vietnam for 45 days when he died.
Survived by his parents, Paul M and Anna A Beddoe Sr of Route #4, Box 466A, Medford, Oregon.


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