Jeanne M. Balcombe was a Sergeant First Class in the Army, attached to an M.P. Unit, the 55th Military Police Company, stationed at the time at Camp Red Cloud, South Korea. She died in the line of duty at age 33. She was shot and killed by one of her own soldiers, who was drunk at the time. The suspect was upset, because she ordered a blood test on one of his friends. The suspect overpowered a South Korean Soldier that was stationed at the base, and took his weapon. He shot SFC. Balcombe three times, once in the head, then fled. The suspect was captured later that day by Korean National Police, the murder weapon was recovered with him. The suspect was convicted of Capital Murder by General Court Martial, and sentenced to Life in Prison. She was survived by a husband and two daughters.∼SFC US ARMY
News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, August 28, 1999
A funeral for former McMinnville resident Sgt. 1st Class Jeanne M. Balcombe of Lakewood, Wash., will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville. The Rev. Steve Ross of McMinnville United Methodist Church will officiate.
Vault interment with military honors will be held in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe died Aug. 21, 1999, in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, after being mortally wounded in the line of duty as an Army military police officer. She was 32.
Born Nov. 8, 1966, in Fort Lewis, Wash., she was the daughter of Willard Edward and Alice Anne Robinson Hamilton. She moved to North Carolina as a baby, then to Sheridan when she was 3 years old.
She attended first grade in Sheridan. Her family moved in August 1973 to McMinnville, where she was raised and educated.
In 1984, she joined the Army. She was stationed at Camp Red Cloud at the time of her death.
She and Mike Balcombe were married April 9, 1989, in McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe loved to play softball and soccer. She was an avid bowler and liked to bike with her family.
Survivors include her husband, of Lakewood, Wash.; two daughters, Alice Balcombe and Kristin Balcombe, both of Lakewood, Wash.; her parents, of McMinnville; four brothers, Dave Hamilton, John Hamilton and Tom Hamilton, all of McMinnville, and Rick Hamilton of Nevada; and a sister, Jennifer Wolfe of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, August 28, 1999
A funeral for former McMinnville resident Sgt. 1st Class Jeanne M. Balcombe of Lakewood, Wash., will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville. The Rev. Steve Ross of McMinnville United Methodist Church will officiate.
Vault interment with military honors will be held in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe died Aug. 21, 1999, in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, after being mortally wounded in the line of duty as an Army military police officer. She was 32.
Born Nov. 8, 1966, in Fort Lewis, Wash., she was the daughter of Willard Edward and Alice Anne Robinson Hamilton. She moved to North Carolina as a baby, then to Sheridan when she was 3 years old.
She attended first grade in Sheridan. Her family moved in August 1973 to McMinnville, where she was raised and educated.
In 1984, she joined the Army. She was stationed at Camp Red Cloud at the time of her death.
She and Mike Balcombe were married April 9, 1989, in McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe loved to play softball and soccer. She was an avid bowler and liked to bike with her family.
Survivors include her husband, of Lakewood, Wash.; two daughters, Alice Balcombe and Kristin Balcombe, both of Lakewood, Wash.; her parents, of McMinnville; four brothers, Dave Hamilton, John Hamilton and Tom Hamilton, all of McMinnville, and Rick Hamilton of Nevada; and a sister, Jennifer Wolfe of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Jeanne M. Balcombe was a Sergeant First Class in the Army, attached to an M.P. Unit, the 55th Military Police Company, stationed at the time at Camp Red Cloud, South Korea. She died in the line of duty at age 33. She was shot and killed by one of her own soldiers, who was drunk at the time. The suspect was upset, because she ordered a blood test on one of his friends. The suspect overpowered a South Korean Soldier that was stationed at the base, and took his weapon. He shot SFC. Balcombe three times, once in the head, then fled. The suspect was captured later that day by Korean National Police, the murder weapon was recovered with him. The suspect was convicted of Capital Murder by General Court Martial, and sentenced to Life in Prison. She was survived by a husband and two daughters.∼SFC US ARMY
News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, August 28, 1999
A funeral for former McMinnville resident Sgt. 1st Class Jeanne M. Balcombe of Lakewood, Wash., will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville. The Rev. Steve Ross of McMinnville United Methodist Church will officiate.
Vault interment with military honors will be held in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe died Aug. 21, 1999, in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, after being mortally wounded in the line of duty as an Army military police officer. She was 32.
Born Nov. 8, 1966, in Fort Lewis, Wash., she was the daughter of Willard Edward and Alice Anne Robinson Hamilton. She moved to North Carolina as a baby, then to Sheridan when she was 3 years old.
She attended first grade in Sheridan. Her family moved in August 1973 to McMinnville, where she was raised and educated.
In 1984, she joined the Army. She was stationed at Camp Red Cloud at the time of her death.
She and Mike Balcombe were married April 9, 1989, in McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe loved to play softball and soccer. She was an avid bowler and liked to bike with her family.
Survivors include her husband, of Lakewood, Wash.; two daughters, Alice Balcombe and Kristin Balcombe, both of Lakewood, Wash.; her parents, of McMinnville; four brothers, Dave Hamilton, John Hamilton and Tom Hamilton, all of McMinnville, and Rick Hamilton of Nevada; and a sister, Jennifer Wolfe of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, August 28, 1999
A funeral for former McMinnville resident Sgt. 1st Class Jeanne M. Balcombe of Lakewood, Wash., will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville. The Rev. Steve Ross of McMinnville United Methodist Church will officiate.
Vault interment with military honors will be held in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe died Aug. 21, 1999, in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, after being mortally wounded in the line of duty as an Army military police officer. She was 32.
Born Nov. 8, 1966, in Fort Lewis, Wash., she was the daughter of Willard Edward and Alice Anne Robinson Hamilton. She moved to North Carolina as a baby, then to Sheridan when she was 3 years old.
She attended first grade in Sheridan. Her family moved in August 1973 to McMinnville, where she was raised and educated.
In 1984, she joined the Army. She was stationed at Camp Red Cloud at the time of her death.
She and Mike Balcombe were married April 9, 1989, in McMinnville.
Mrs. Balcombe loved to play softball and soccer. She was an avid bowler and liked to bike with her family.
Survivors include her husband, of Lakewood, Wash.; two daughters, Alice Balcombe and Kristin Balcombe, both of Lakewood, Wash.; her parents, of McMinnville; four brothers, Dave Hamilton, John Hamilton and Tom Hamilton, all of McMinnville, and Rick Hamilton of Nevada; and a sister, Jennifer Wolfe of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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