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- The East Greenwich Pendulum (RI)
March 21, 2013
UNITED STATES ARMY (RETIRED) LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN Dr. Briand N. Beaudin, age 95, died on March 11, 2013, in Johnstown, N.Y. Dr. Beaudin was born in West Warwick. He graduated from Mount St. Charles Academy, Providence College, and received his medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He served his country with honor and distinction during World War II as an officer, Paratrooper and Battalion Surgeon in the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army's famed 82nd Airborne Division. He was among the first men to set foot on Normandy, France as he parachuted behind enemy lines during the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944. He became a prisoner of war that same day but only two weeks later demanded and received the surrender of the senior German medical officer as the aid station in which he was treating both German and Allied wounded was about to be overrun by American infantry. He also jumped into Holland in Operation Market Garden (AKA "A Bridge Too Far") and suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge. He is mentioned by name and his picture appears in numerous best-selling books written about those historic decisive battles. He continued to serve as an Army Reserve Medical Officer for 30 years.
In 1949, Dr. Beaudin established a pediatric practice in his hometown of West Warwick and later in East Greenwich, caring professionally and compassionately for his many patients until his retirement in 1982. He served as Chief of Pediatrics at Kent County Memorial Hospital and was an active member of the Rhode Island Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Beaudin enjoyed skiing, tennis and golf well into his retirement years.
Dr. Beaudin is survived by the love of his life, his wife and partner of 66 years, Irene; sons, Richard Beaudin of Cumberland, RI, Kevin Beaudin of Pittsburgh, Pa., and daughter Linda Adelman of Johnstown, N.Y. He is also survived by his sister Madeleine Beaudin of West Warwick, as well as four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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1917 - 2013 (95 years)
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