Edward Clyde Benfold
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Edward Clyde Benfold was a United States Navy hospital corpsman third class who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor while attached to a Marine Corps rifle company during the Battle of Bunker H
Edward C. Benfold
Killed in action
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Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action. The United States
Edward Clyde Benfold
…On July 21, he was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in Korea, where he was assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Benfold was killed in action on September 5, 1952, while saving the lives of two wounded Marines he was aiding in a crater from two enemy hand grenades at "Outpost Bruce" which was…
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France