Name: Joseph LaFreniere promoted and Alvin LaFreniere inducted into the Army, 1964
Start: 1964-12-08
End: 1964-12-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1964-12-08
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: community
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1964 Beaver Beacon reported Joseph LaFreniere’s promotion from SP/4 to SP/5 while serving with the U.S. Army in Greece. It also reported that Alvin LaFreniere left on December 8 for Army induction.

Evidence and limits

This is a short community service notice. It does not provide complete service biographies, units, a promotion date, induction station, or military records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 1964, “Service Men and Women.”
Reports Joseph LaFreniere’s promotion from SP/4 to SP/5 while serving with the U.S. Army in Greece, and says Alvin LaFreniere left December 8 for Army induction. It does not provide branches or units beyond the printed notice, service records, promotion date, or induction station; no single event location can be assigned to this combined notice.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Joseph LaFreniere promoted and Alvin LaFreniere inducted into the Army, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-servicemen-news-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1964, “Service Men and Women.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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