PFC, Army, from New Bedford, Mass. Private Medeiros was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 12, 1951. Private Medeiros was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. Medeiros is interred in St. John's Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass., Veterans Plot, Grave 62. Edmund was born August 2, 1928. He had enlisted on January 30, 1951. He was attached to Company C of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. He was a light weapons infantryman. Private Medeiros was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Memorialized on the New Bedford Korean War Memorial at Clasky Common Park, New Bedford, Mass.
Memorialized on the New Bedford Korean War Memorial at Clasky Common Park, New Bedford, Mass.
PFC, Army, from New Bedford, Mass. Private Medeiros was a member of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 12, 1951. Private Medeiros was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. Medeiros is interred in St. John's Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass., Veterans Plot, Grave 62. Edmund was born August 2, 1928. He had enlisted on January 30, 1951. He was attached to Company C of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. He was a light weapons infantryman. Private Medeiros was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Memorialized on the New Bedford Korean War Memorial at Clasky Common Park, New Bedford, Mass.
Memorialized on the New Bedford Korean War Memorial at Clasky Common Park, New Bedford, Mass.
Inscription
FRANK MEDEIROS
MASSACHUSETTS
PVT 17 INFANTRY
7 INFANTRY DIV
KOREA
NOVEMBER 21, 1930
JUNE 3, 1951
Gravesite Details
Veterans' Section, 3rd Row, first on on the right.
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