Blue to Gold: ARMY Pfc. Genaro Bedoy

ARMY Pfc. Genaro Bedoy, 20, of Amarillo, Texas, died September 16 in Zabul province, Afghanistan.

Pfc. Genaro Bedoy, twenty, of Amarillo, Texas, died Sept. 16th, 2012 in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 52nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

He joined the Army in November 2010 and arrived at Lewis-McChord the following March.

The Amarillo Globe-News reported that Bedoy is survived by his wife and infant child.

"He died as a hero," his cousin, David Gonzalez, told the newspaper. "We're all going to miss him. We loved him."

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