Richard G. Desautels
Shoreham, Vermont
Born 1932
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service Number 11188218
Died while Prisoner of War
Died April 29, 1953 in Korea
Sergeant Desautels was a member of Company A, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950. He died on April 29, 1953 as a prisoner and buried near Mukden, China. His remains have not been recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Sergeant Desautels was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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Richard G. Desautels
Shoreham, Vermont
Born 1932
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service Number 11188218
Died while Prisoner of War
Died April 29, 1953 in Korea
Sergeant Desautels was a member of Company A, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950. He died on April 29, 1953 as a prisoner and buried near Mukden, China. His remains have not been recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Sergeant Desautels was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Note also has a Cenopath memorial
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