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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 482

(x) The Bronze Star group of five attributed to Lieutenant P. Bedard, United States Army, who served as a journalist in Vietnam

United States of America, Bronze Star; Army Commendation Medal; Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Medal; Vietnam Service Medal, each individually mounted on pin for wear, very fine overall (5)

Peter C. Bedard served in Vietnam as a United States Army journalist. His obituary, taken from https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/2145780/peter-c.-bedard, is reproduced below:

Peter C. Bedard, age 59, of Vassar Avenue, a public relations/marketing account executive, died Friday, December 10, 2004, at Rhode Island Hospital after a short illness. He was the husband of Lynda J. (Levitt) Bedard. Born in Needham, MA, he was the son of the Rev. Dr. Camille C. and Juanita (Carpenter) Bedard, of Greenville. He was a founding partner of the former Chaffee-Bedard advertising and public relations firm in Providence. He previously had served as vice president/group manager for Creamer Dickson Basford/New England.

Prior to his career in public relations and advertising, he had served as a United States Army journalist in Vietnam, as a news editor in Washington, DC with ABC Radio News and as a public information officer with the Rhode Island Department of Community Affairs and with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. While in college, and continuing during his professional career, he was a Rhode Island radio sports broadcaster. He was a 1967 graduate of Brown University. He was an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), a past president of PRSA’s Southeastern New England Chapter and chairman of PRSA’s Northeast District. He was also a member of PRSA’s Counselors Academy. He won several Bell Ringer, MacEachern and Keith L. Ware awards for excellence in public relations and journalism, as well as Hatch and Supershow awards for his copywriting skills.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church in America, Providence and was a former board member at the Slater Mill Historic Site, Pawtucket. For many years he served as a coach with the Fox Point/East Side Little League. He was an avid bridge player and an avid sports fan who faithfully followed all of New England’s professional teams. Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by two sons, Matthew H. Bedard of Honolulu, HI and Ian G. Bedard of Providence and two brothers, Curtis A. Bedard of Claremont, NH and Marc O. Bedard of Greene, RI.

A memorial service conducted by the Rev. James Miller and Rabbi Leslie Gutterman will be held Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 2:00 pm in First Baptist Church in America, North Main Street, Providence. Burial will be private. Kindly omit flowers, memorial gifts to the Red Sox Foundation, 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA. 02215 will be appreciated. Funeral Home: Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home 659 East Greenwich Avenue West Warwick, RI US 02893.”

Sold together with copied obituary, copied Army Identification Card, riband bar, uniform name tag, cloth patch and three pins.


Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£70 to £90

Starting price
£60