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Clint Richard Matthews, age 31, from Bedford, Pennsylvania, Bedford county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company B 1st Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment, (1id), Apo Ae 09033
Date of death: Friday, March 19, 2004
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany from injuries sustained two day before when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over a 50-foot embankment and flipped over in Baji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Frank Kenneth Bush, age 19, from Bedford, Pennsylvania, Bedford county.
Parents: Frank Bush Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Bedford High (1968)
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Bedford County Press and Everett Press (1970)
Vernon G. Growden, age 25, from Bedford County Bedford, Pennsylvania .
Spouse: Margaret Zembower Growden
Service era: World War II
Schools: Bedford High
Date of death: Friday, February 2, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 7, 2016
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Bedford Gazette (1945)