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Gerald N. LaFreniere Jr. enters military service, 1985

Also Gerald LaFreniere Jr. service notice · 1985 Beaver Island service news

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TypeEvent
Date1985-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Event
Date
1985-04
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
militarycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1985 Beaver Beacon announced Gerald N. LaFreniere Jr.’s entry into military service and supplied a Fort Dix mailing address.

Evidence limits

The brief notice does not establish a full service history, unit assignment, dates, or later military status.

Sources

  1. Announces that Gerald N. LaFreniere Jr. had joined the service as Private 1 and prints a Fort Dix, New Jersey address. It is a newspaper service notice, not a complete military personnel, assignment, or discharge record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fourteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the service notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Prints a new APO New York address for Pvt. Gerald N. LaFreniere, Jr. This is an address update, not a complete military personnel, assignment, or discharge record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the service-address notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gerald N. LaFreniere Jr. enters military service, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/gerald-lafreniere-jr-service-news-1985/, accessed [date], citing Service news, Beaver Beacon, April 1985. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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