Cape Cod woman finds bracelet of dead Oregon soldier in sand

PORTLAND – A woman walking on the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts found a memorial bracelet in the sand that was engraved with the name of a Portland soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2014.

KATU-TV reported Friday that Liz Maloney-Triplett returned the bracelet to John Pelham’s family after an internet search turned up his name from a recent KATU Veteran’s Day story.

Now the Gold Star family is wondering where the bracelet came from, who owned it and how it wound up in Cape Cod.

The family says these memorial bracelets are typically engraved with the soldier’s name and information and given to members of the fallen soldier’s battalion.

Pelham’s family says the style of this bracelet is slightly different, making it all the more mysterious.