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Edmond R. BEDARD

Male 1920 - 1949  (29 years)


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  • Name Edmond R. BEDARD 
    Birth 13 Jan 1920  Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Religion Roman Catholic 
    Occupation Clothing Factory Employee, Electrician 
    Military Edmond served in the 494th Group of the 865th Bombardment Squadron, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. After training in Illinois and Arizona he was station in the Pacific theater in 1944 until he returned to the U.S. in 1946.  [1
    Cause of death Accidental Electrocution 
    Death 5 Aug 1949  New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I14189  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2008 

    Family Living 
    Family ID F9851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2008 

  • Notes 
    • Edmond worked in a clothing factory for a short time after graduating high school and before enlisting the U.S. Army Air Corps. He trained in Illinois and Arizona then was shipped to the Pacific theater in 1944. He returned to the states in 1946 and went to work for the New Bedford Gas and Electric Company. He became an electrician within a year, but on a rainy day in 1949 he was accidently electrocuted while on an electric pole. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S835] ed., Ann Barnes, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Nortex Press (Austin, 2001)), p. 153.