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The Last of the Cockleshell Heroes: A World War Two Memoir
By William Sparks, Michael Munn
Beyond the Chindwin
By Bernard Fergusson
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 58471" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vaillancourt</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Albert Wilfred</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Bn (Red Combat Team)</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>06134742</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944</em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Lawrence,Essex County,Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 15.4.1914 Lowell,Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Wilfred Joseph and Mary Laurine (nee Owen) Vaillancourt</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>re-enlisted 18.10.1945 Fort Banks,Boston,Massachusetts (Staff Sergeant Infantry) (married)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Billerica,Middlesex County,Massachusetts (Korean War record)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8th Cavalry Regiment (Company L,3 Bn) (Master Sergeant)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW 2.11.1950 near Unsan,North Korea</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died of illness 30.3.1951 Camp 5,Pyntong,North Korea</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded oak leaf cluster to his Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>originally buried Fox Hill Cemetery,Billerica,Middlesex County,Massachusetts (re-interred 1998)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 59 Site 639</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 58471, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Vaillancourt[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Albert Wilfred[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]1 Bn (Red Combat Team)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Sergeant[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]06134742[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Bronze Star[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Burma 1944[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Lawrence,Essex County,Massachusetts born 15.4.1914 Lowell,Massachusetts son of Wilfred Joseph and Mary Laurine (nee Owen) Vaillancourt graduated high school enlisted 1942 re-enlisted 18.10.1945 Fort Banks,Boston,Massachusetts (Staff Sergeant Infantry) (married) from Billerica,Middlesex County,Massachusetts (Korean War record) 8th Cavalry Regiment (Company L,3 Bn) (Master Sergeant) POW 2.11.1950 near Unsan,North Korea died of illness 30.3.1951 Camp 5,Pyntong,North Korea awarded oak leaf cluster to his Bronze Star originally buried Fox Hill Cemetery,Billerica,Middlesex County,Massachusetts (re-interred 1998) Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 59 Site 639[/I] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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