Edward D. Beaudoin
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Edward D. Beaudoin
Mr. Beaudoin inducted into the Army on May 30, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Virginia, Minnesota.
He served as a Technician Fourth Grade with the Medical Corps as a surgical technician at the Third Field Hospital in New Guinea. He participated in the liberation of the Southern Philippines and Luzon.
He received the following: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and Philippines Liberation Medal with one bronze star.
Mr. Beaudoin was honorably discharged in December 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 33.