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Edward Clyde Benfold

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Died when: 21 years 234 days (259 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Edward Clyde Benfold

Edward Clyde Benfold (January 15, 1931 – September 5, 1952) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman third class who was killed in action while attached to a Marine Corps rifle company during the Battle of Bunker Hill (1952) in the Korean War.

He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty on September 5, 1952.


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