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Personal info

Full name
DRAPEAU, Aime Hormidas "Duke"
Date of birth
19 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont
Hometown
Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
12067478
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Michamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 18

Immediate family

Members
George W. Drapeau (father)
Angelina (Dion) Drapeau (mother)
Simonne Drapeau (sister)
Anita Drapeau (sister)
Blanche R. Drapeau (sister)
Rita M. Drapeau (sister)
Armand J. Drapeau (brother)

More information

1st Sgt Aime H. Drapeau volunteered for the U.S. Army in Albany, New York on 23 February 1942. He received his training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. and was sent overseas in 1944. He participated in airborne landings in Normandy and Holland.

He graduated from Van Rensselaer High School and was a driver in civilian life.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lacivita Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / Vermont, Birth Records, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Albany Times-Union - 9 February 1945, Albany Knickerbocker New - 8 February 1945