#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Beau Biden

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Beau Biden. Beau served in Iraq.

Beau was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1969. At the age of three, he survived a car accident that claimed the lives of his mother and sister.

He joined the military in 2003 as a member of the Delaware Army National Guard. He in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps with the 261^st Signal Brigade.

Beau was elected as the Attorney General of Delaware in 2006, and reelected in 2010.

His unit was activated and deployed to Iraq in October 2008. While in Iraq, he announced he would continue to serve as Delaware’s Attorney General by working with his office’s senior staff in Delaware. Beau was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq.

Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno presented Biden with a Legion of Merit for his time in the Guard.

His education included degrees from University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University.

On May 30, 2015, Beau passed away at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a fight with brain cancer.

We honor his service.

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