The County: Fort Kent native to receive national recognition for military service
FORT KENT, Maine — Fort Kent native James Bouchard, a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2), will receive national recognition for his military service during an upcoming tribute tour in New York, courtesy of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.
Bouchard, who has a Purple Heart, now lives in Granby, Massachusetts. He will represent the state’s Purple Heart veterans for the Honor Mission’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project. The national project annually selects veterans to represent all the Purple Heart recipients in their state.