- SURNAME
Almeida
- FORENAME
Bernard
- UNIT
1 Psychologial Warfare Company (1 Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
51185512
- DATE OF DEATH
6th July 1953
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Bristol,Rhode Island
born 12.8.1932
award Bronze Star
MIA Korea
National Korean War Veterans Memorial
memorial - North Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Wed May 9, 2007
"BRISTOL - Fifty-four years ago, Bernard "Butch"Almeida died on a Korean battlefield. His family never knew that for certain — until the Army came calling two days ago. Initially declared Missing in Action, Mr. Almeida died when the Jeep he was driving in was ripped apart by a mortar."
The Army changed his status to Killed in Action a year after the incident, but according to one of his two surviving relatives, his parents, relatives and friends never knew. Even today, a memorial in his honor at the corner of Hope and Washington streets honors Bernard "Butch" Almeida, Missing in Action.
DATE OF DEATH:
06-Jul-1953AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/almeida-bernard.31007/WEB LINKS:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118559091/bernard-almeidahttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15060349/bernard-almeida
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88863200/bernard-almeida
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