USACAPOC Almeida, Bernard

John Robertson

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  • 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.
 
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