Body of corpsman killed in Afghanistan is returned to Weatherford

AP Transfer cases containing the remains of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Clayton R. Beauchamp, left case, and Army Spc. Ethan J. Martin, right case, sit on a loader Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Beauchamp, of Weatherford, Texas, died Aug. 7, 2012 when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Helmand province, Afghanistan and Martin, 22, of Lewiston, Idaho, died Aug. 7, 2012 in Koragay, Paktia province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when he encountered enemy small-arms fire. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark) ORG XMIT: DESR107

STAR-TELEGRAM/RON T. ENNIS Base personell and families line the street on Naval Air Station Fort Worth on Wednesday August 15, 2012 to welcome Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Clayton R. Beauchamp, 21, who was killed in Afganistan. (Star-Telegram/Ron T. Ennis)

Body of corpsman killed in Afghanistan is returned to Weatherford
Posted Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012
BY CHRIS VAUGHN
Star Telegram

FORT WORTH -- Navy corpsman Clayton R. Beauchamp's body returned to his hometown Wednesday, escorted by a long procession of vehicles and motorcycles and saluted along the roads by hundreds of service members, police and firefighters.

Beauchamp, 21, a petty officer third class who was killed by a roadside bomb Aug. 7 while on patrol in Afghanistan, will be buried Saturday at Memory Gardens of the Valley Memorial Park in Weatherford.

The funeral is at 2 p.m. Saturday at North Side Baptist Church in Weatherford.

The casket was flown from Dover, Del., to Naval Air Station Fort Worth on Wednesday morning and was transferred by a Navy honor guard to a hearse.
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