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LAVALLEE, Napoleon T "Paul" - Date of
birth
1918 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1312427 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Longchamps, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 4 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Edward Lavallee (father)
Robea Lavallee (mother)
Roland Lavallee (brother)
Gerard Lavallee (brother)
Raoul Lavallee (brother)
Theodore Lavallee (brother)
Raymond Lavallee (brother)
Fernand Lavallee (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Napoleon T. Lavallee joined the Regular Army on 5 August 1939 and served for three and a half years in Panama. Upon return to the U.S. he served at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and later attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on 26 February 1943.He was sent overseas in February 1944. During his 11 months service overseas, Lt Lavallee was wounded in action three times, for which he received the Purple Heart Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He was also awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action.
Lt Lavallee served with the pathfinders and was one of the first paratroopers to land in France on D-Day. He landed a few minutes after 12.00 A.M. with 26 men.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov , www.wwiimemorial.com , www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, Daniel Sheehan Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News 20 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier Daniel Sheehan, Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News 20 February 1945