TITLE:  Fredrick G. Canfield

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, July 11, 2001

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, July 2001

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Fredrick G. Canfield 
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Major Fredrick G. Canfield, 66, of 
Beaufort, husband of Anne Giroux Canfield, died Tuesday, July 10, 2001,
in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Anderson Funeral Home, Beaufort is in 
charge. (THe Beaufort Gazette July 11, 2001)

Fredrick G. Canfield 
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Major Fredrick G. Canfield, 66, of 
Beaufort, husband of Anne Giroux Canfield, died Tuesday, July 10, 
2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 tonight in Anderson Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 
a.m. Friday in the funeral home. Burial with full military honors and 
Masonic rites will follow in Beaufort National Cemetery. Mr. Canfield 
was born Feb. 3, 1935, in Clarksburg, W.Va. He enlisted in the U.S 
Marine Corps in February 1952. His tours of duty included all four 
Marine Divisions including four combat tours a tour with the First 
Marine Airwing, Marine Barrack, I&I Staffs, Marine Corps Base Camp 
LeJeune; MCDEC, Quantico, Va. and three tours of duty at Marine Corps 
Recruit Depot, Parris Island. He held billets from junior drill 
instructor to depot sergeant major. He was awarded the Bronze Star 
with Combat "V"; Meritorious Service Medal; Navy Com­mendation Medal 
with Combat "V"; Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star; Good 
Conduct Medal-10th Award; Presidential Unit Citation with three stars; 
Army Presidential Unit Citation with Frame; Navy Unit Citation with 
Star; Meritorious Unit Citation with Star; Korean Service Medal; 
United Nations Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with Seven Stars 
and numerous other service awards. He retired in 1982 as the depot 
sergeant major at MCRD, Parris Island. He was a member of Port Royal 
Masonic Lodge, AmVets Post No. 70, Parris Island Golf Course and Parris
Island Rod and Gun Club. Surviving are his wife of Beaufort; five 
sons, Fredrick Steven Canfield of Silver Spring, Md., Nicholas 
Canfield of Mechanicsburg, Pa., Fredrick W. Canfield, Ricky A.
 Canfield and Randy L. Canfield of Beaufort; a daughter, Deborah 
Canfield Barr of Beaufort; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
(The Beaufort Gazette July 12, 2001)
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