Andrew D. Bedard
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Age: 19
From: Missoula, Mont.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Pfc. Andrew D. Bedard was killed Oct. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.
Died: October 04, 2005
Marine from Missoula killed in Iraq
Associated Press
MISSOULA — A Marine from here has been killed in Iraq. Andrew Bedard, 19, died Monday when the Humvee he was driving hit a roadside bomb, a friend of the family said.
Bedard was a 2004 graduate of Hellgate High School. He joined the Marines after graduation and finished 12 weeks of basic training earlier this year at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. He had been in Iraq for about a month.
Bedard is the son of Denny and Michelle Bedard of Missoula.
“They’re just trying to get their feet back under them right now,” said Pete Deneault, who works with Denny Bedard at Clear Channel Radio in Missoula. “They just had this confirmed (Tuesday).”
Deneault told The Missoulian he believed Andrew Bedard was part of the new anti-insurgency effort called Operation Iron Fist in western Iraq.
Friend and neighbor Brian Gaul described Andrew Bedard as a...
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