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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Charles Heard of Freeport, decorated Vietnam veteran, has died

Charles Heard of Freeport, decorated Vietnam veteran, has died
BY SID CASSESE
July 8, 2009

Charles Heard, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, former Roosevelt business owner, longtime foster parent and community activist, died Friday at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Ocean-side from stroke complications.

He was 63 and had lived on Long Island 40 years, 17 in Hempstead and the last 23 in Freeport.

Heard, who saw action as a paratrooper in Vietnam, where he lost an eye and won a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star, had enlisted when he was 18 and served three years before gaining a medical discharge in 1967.
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Charles Heard of Freeport, decorated Vietnam veteran, has died

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