It is with sadness that the University notifies you of the death Saturday of Mark Bareford, 2008 alumnus of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies program. He died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Mark, 47, was a science teacher at Walker-Grant Middle School.
Mark earned a Purple Heart in 1987 for his service in the Navy.
For more information, go to http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/082011/08022011/642980.
Larry Atkins accomplishment (purple heart) attached to Mark Bareford??????
Our apologies for the error. The sentence now correctly reads, “Mark earned a Purple Heart in 1987 for his service in the Navy,” per the Free Lance-Star article.