Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1908
This biography was gleaned from https://www.westpointaog.org
Albert Lawrence Loustalot was born at Franklin, Louisiana on February 15. 1883. He was the fourth child in a family of seven children, six brothers, and one sister who died in infancy. His father, Vincent Loustalot, a native of Pau, France, came to the United States as a young man, settled in Louisiana and died in Franklin on January 21, 1928. Albert’s mother. Eulalie Me-quet Loustalot, born in Lafourche Parish. Louisiana, on December 16, 1852, died at Franklin on July 25, 1908. Four of his brothers; Joseph Edgar (1875-1936), Edward Vincent (1879-1938), Robert (1885-1955), and Thomas Eugene (1892-1954) lived and died in Frankin. The fifth brother, Louis Augustus Loustalot, born July 20, 1888, resides in Hammond, Louisiana.
Albert spent his boyhood in Franklin, where he attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School and established an excellent record of scholarship and conduct. In August 1900, he won a scholarship at Louisiana State University awarded by St. Mary’s Parish. He attended the University nearly four years. He left the University before his graduation to enter the U.S. Military Academy in June 1904.
He graduated with his Class on February 14, 1908 and was assigned by his own choice to the Coast Artillery, in which he served with credit and distinction in all the ordinary and many extraordinary assignments, through the grades from Second Lieutenant to Colonel, for 36 years.
His first duty assignment, also of his own choice, was to the 164th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, at Jackson Barracks. Louisiana, which gave him an opportunity to return to his native State and to renew the associations, friendships, and family ties of his boyhood days.
He was recalled to West Point as an instructor in French from 1910 to 1912. After that assignment he served as Company Officer and Company Commander in the 76th, 48th, and 123rd Companies at Forts Hancock, Jay and Hamilton in the vicinity of New York. During 1916 he attended the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and in January 1917 he was transferred to the Pacific Coast where he served in the early months of that year, with the 8th Company at Fort Winfield Scott, and at Alcatraz.
In World War I, he served in France from July 1917 to November 1919. He became an outstanding specialist in the use of artillery in trench warfare and served with distinction as instructor in the Army Trench Mortar School, as Trench Artillery Officer of I Corps, as Adjutant of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, and in command of 1st Battalion of the 56th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps.
He was a member of the Inter-Allied Commission to the Baltic States in the latter part of 1919 and the early part of 1920, and then became military observer and Assistant Military Attache in Berlin until the end of 1922. During 1923 he was Military Attache to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Returning to the United States late in 1923, he attended the Coast Artillery School and graduated in 1924. In October 1924. he was assigned again to the harbor defenses of New York, serving with the 7th Coast Artillery until August 1927.
He attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, 1927-1928, and after graduation served in important staff positions in the 9th Coast Artillery District and in the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco until May 1932.
From July 1932 to October 1934, he commanded the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) in the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bay.
Again at the Presidio of San Francisco, he was Executive Officer for Organized Reserves, Ninth Coast Artillery District, from November 1934 to February 1939.
In Hawaii from 1939 to 1941, he served in the Headquarters Staff of the Hawaiian Department.
He was Executive Officer and Inspector of Training at the Anti-aircraft Training Center, Camp Hulen, Texas, from July 1941 to February 1942.
After a brief assignment in the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff, he became Military Attache at Habana, Cuba. He was retired for age on February 28, 1943, but was recalled to active duty immediately and remained in the same assignment until September of that year.
He was assigned to staff duty with the Air Transport Command at Miami, Florida, until the termination of his active military duty on April 2, 1944. That date marked the end of an honorable military career of forty years of loyal, faithful, and distinguished service in the United States Army.
Colonel Loustalot was awarded the World War I Victory Medal with Defensive Sector Clasp and four Battle Clasps for participation in the Champagne-Marne, the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Ar-gonne Campaigns; the Army of Occupation of Germany medal; the American Campaign medal; the World War II Victory medal; and by the French Government, L’Etoile Noire. He held the degree of Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, 1908. He was a Distinguished Graduate of the Coast Artillery School in 1919, a graduate of the Advanced Course, Coast Artillery School in 1924, and of the Command and General Staff School, U.S. Army, in 1928.
After his retirement Colonel Loustalot devoted himself to community and other public service. He was Executive Director of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1946 and 1947.
He was married twice. His first marriage to Elsa Michaelis, who was born and reared in England, took place at St. Ludwig Church in Berlin, Germany, on April 26. 1926. She died in San Francisco on September 26, 1950. His second marriage to Marie-Aline Zatarain de Blanco, of an old and honored Louisiana family, was celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Slidell, Louisiana on January 11, 1956. His widow Aline resided in Slidell Louisiana.
This biography was gleaned from https://www.westpointaog.org
Albert Lawrence Loustalot was born at Franklin, Louisiana on February 15. 1883. He was the fourth child in a family of seven children, six brothers, and one sister who died in infancy. His father, Vincent Loustalot, a native of Pau, France, came to the United States as a young man, settled in Louisiana and died in Franklin on January 21, 1928. Albert’s mother. Eulalie Me-quet Loustalot, born in Lafourche Parish. Louisiana, on December 16, 1852, died at Franklin on July 25, 1908. Four of his brothers; Joseph Edgar (1875-1936), Edward Vincent (1879-1938), Robert (1885-1955), and Thomas Eugene (1892-1954) lived and died in Frankin. The fifth brother, Louis Augustus Loustalot, born July 20, 1888, resides in Hammond, Louisiana.
Albert spent his boyhood in Franklin, where he attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School and established an excellent record of scholarship and conduct. In August 1900, he won a scholarship at Louisiana State University awarded by St. Mary’s Parish. He attended the University nearly four years. He left the University before his graduation to enter the U.S. Military Academy in June 1904.
He graduated with his Class on February 14, 1908 and was assigned by his own choice to the Coast Artillery, in which he served with credit and distinction in all the ordinary and many extraordinary assignments, through the grades from Second Lieutenant to Colonel, for 36 years.
His first duty assignment, also of his own choice, was to the 164th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, at Jackson Barracks. Louisiana, which gave him an opportunity to return to his native State and to renew the associations, friendships, and family ties of his boyhood days.
He was recalled to West Point as an instructor in French from 1910 to 1912. After that assignment he served as Company Officer and Company Commander in the 76th, 48th, and 123rd Companies at Forts Hancock, Jay and Hamilton in the vicinity of New York. During 1916 he attended the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and in January 1917 he was transferred to the Pacific Coast where he served in the early months of that year, with the 8th Company at Fort Winfield Scott, and at Alcatraz.
In World War I, he served in France from July 1917 to November 1919. He became an outstanding specialist in the use of artillery in trench warfare and served with distinction as instructor in the Army Trench Mortar School, as Trench Artillery Officer of I Corps, as Adjutant of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, and in command of 1st Battalion of the 56th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps.
He was a member of the Inter-Allied Commission to the Baltic States in the latter part of 1919 and the early part of 1920, and then became military observer and Assistant Military Attache in Berlin until the end of 1922. During 1923 he was Military Attache to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Returning to the United States late in 1923, he attended the Coast Artillery School and graduated in 1924. In October 1924. he was assigned again to the harbor defenses of New York, serving with the 7th Coast Artillery until August 1927.
He attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, 1927-1928, and after graduation served in important staff positions in the 9th Coast Artillery District and in the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco until May 1932.
From July 1932 to October 1934, he commanded the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) in the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bay.
Again at the Presidio of San Francisco, he was Executive Officer for Organized Reserves, Ninth Coast Artillery District, from November 1934 to February 1939.
In Hawaii from 1939 to 1941, he served in the Headquarters Staff of the Hawaiian Department.
He was Executive Officer and Inspector of Training at the Anti-aircraft Training Center, Camp Hulen, Texas, from July 1941 to February 1942.
After a brief assignment in the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff, he became Military Attache at Habana, Cuba. He was retired for age on February 28, 1943, but was recalled to active duty immediately and remained in the same assignment until September of that year.
He was assigned to staff duty with the Air Transport Command at Miami, Florida, until the termination of his active military duty on April 2, 1944. That date marked the end of an honorable military career of forty years of loyal, faithful, and distinguished service in the United States Army.
Colonel Loustalot was awarded the World War I Victory Medal with Defensive Sector Clasp and four Battle Clasps for participation in the Champagne-Marne, the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Ar-gonne Campaigns; the Army of Occupation of Germany medal; the American Campaign medal; the World War II Victory medal; and by the French Government, L’Etoile Noire. He held the degree of Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, 1908. He was a Distinguished Graduate of the Coast Artillery School in 1919, a graduate of the Advanced Course, Coast Artillery School in 1924, and of the Command and General Staff School, U.S. Army, in 1928.
After his retirement Colonel Loustalot devoted himself to community and other public service. He was Executive Director of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1946 and 1947.
He was married twice. His first marriage to Elsa Michaelis, who was born and reared in England, took place at St. Ludwig Church in Berlin, Germany, on April 26. 1926. She died in San Francisco on September 26, 1950. His second marriage to Marie-Aline Zatarain de Blanco, of an old and honored Louisiana family, was celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Slidell, Louisiana on January 11, 1956. His widow Aline resided in Slidell Louisiana.
Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1908
This biography was gleaned from https://www.westpointaog.org
Albert Lawrence Loustalot was born at Franklin, Louisiana on February 15. 1883. He was the fourth child in a family of seven children, six brothers, and one sister who died in infancy. His father, Vincent Loustalot, a native of Pau, France, came to the United States as a young man, settled in Louisiana and died in Franklin on January 21, 1928. Albert’s mother. Eulalie Me-quet Loustalot, born in Lafourche Parish. Louisiana, on December 16, 1852, died at Franklin on July 25, 1908. Four of his brothers; Joseph Edgar (1875-1936), Edward Vincent (1879-1938), Robert (1885-1955), and Thomas Eugene (1892-1954) lived and died in Frankin. The fifth brother, Louis Augustus Loustalot, born July 20, 1888, resides in Hammond, Louisiana.
Albert spent his boyhood in Franklin, where he attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School and established an excellent record of scholarship and conduct. In August 1900, he won a scholarship at Louisiana State University awarded by St. Mary’s Parish. He attended the University nearly four years. He left the University before his graduation to enter the U.S. Military Academy in June 1904.
He graduated with his Class on February 14, 1908 and was assigned by his own choice to the Coast Artillery, in which he served with credit and distinction in all the ordinary and many extraordinary assignments, through the grades from Second Lieutenant to Colonel, for 36 years.
His first duty assignment, also of his own choice, was to the 164th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, at Jackson Barracks. Louisiana, which gave him an opportunity to return to his native State and to renew the associations, friendships, and family ties of his boyhood days.
He was recalled to West Point as an instructor in French from 1910 to 1912. After that assignment he served as Company Officer and Company Commander in the 76th, 48th, and 123rd Companies at Forts Hancock, Jay and Hamilton in the vicinity of New York. During 1916 he attended the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and in January 1917 he was transferred to the Pacific Coast where he served in the early months of that year, with the 8th Company at Fort Winfield Scott, and at Alcatraz.
In World War I, he served in France from July 1917 to November 1919. He became an outstanding specialist in the use of artillery in trench warfare and served with distinction as instructor in the Army Trench Mortar School, as Trench Artillery Officer of I Corps, as Adjutant of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, and in command of 1st Battalion of the 56th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps.
He was a member of the Inter-Allied Commission to the Baltic States in the latter part of 1919 and the early part of 1920, and then became military observer and Assistant Military Attache in Berlin until the end of 1922. During 1923 he was Military Attache to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Returning to the United States late in 1923, he attended the Coast Artillery School and graduated in 1924. In October 1924. he was assigned again to the harbor defenses of New York, serving with the 7th Coast Artillery until August 1927.
He attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, 1927-1928, and after graduation served in important staff positions in the 9th Coast Artillery District and in the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco until May 1932.
From July 1932 to October 1934, he commanded the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) in the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bay.
Again at the Presidio of San Francisco, he was Executive Officer for Organized Reserves, Ninth Coast Artillery District, from November 1934 to February 1939.
In Hawaii from 1939 to 1941, he served in the Headquarters Staff of the Hawaiian Department.
He was Executive Officer and Inspector of Training at the Anti-aircraft Training Center, Camp Hulen, Texas, from July 1941 to February 1942.
After a brief assignment in the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff, he became Military Attache at Habana, Cuba. He was retired for age on February 28, 1943, but was recalled to active duty immediately and remained in the same assignment until September of that year.
He was assigned to staff duty with the Air Transport Command at Miami, Florida, until the termination of his active military duty on April 2, 1944. That date marked the end of an honorable military career of forty years of loyal, faithful, and distinguished service in the United States Army.
Colonel Loustalot was awarded the World War I Victory Medal with Defensive Sector Clasp and four Battle Clasps for participation in the Champagne-Marne, the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Ar-gonne Campaigns; the Army of Occupation of Germany medal; the American Campaign medal; the World War II Victory medal; and by the French Government, L’Etoile Noire. He held the degree of Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, 1908. He was a Distinguished Graduate of the Coast Artillery School in 1919, a graduate of the Advanced Course, Coast Artillery School in 1924, and of the Command and General Staff School, U.S. Army, in 1928.
After his retirement Colonel Loustalot devoted himself to community and other public service. He was Executive Director of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1946 and 1947.
He was married twice. His first marriage to Elsa Michaelis, who was born and reared in England, took place at St. Ludwig Church in Berlin, Germany, on April 26. 1926. She died in San Francisco on September 26, 1950. His second marriage to Marie-Aline Zatarain de Blanco, of an old and honored Louisiana family, was celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Slidell, Louisiana on January 11, 1956. His widow Aline resided in Slidell Louisiana.
This biography was gleaned from https://www.westpointaog.org
Albert Lawrence Loustalot was born at Franklin, Louisiana on February 15. 1883. He was the fourth child in a family of seven children, six brothers, and one sister who died in infancy. His father, Vincent Loustalot, a native of Pau, France, came to the United States as a young man, settled in Louisiana and died in Franklin on January 21, 1928. Albert’s mother. Eulalie Me-quet Loustalot, born in Lafourche Parish. Louisiana, on December 16, 1852, died at Franklin on July 25, 1908. Four of his brothers; Joseph Edgar (1875-1936), Edward Vincent (1879-1938), Robert (1885-1955), and Thomas Eugene (1892-1954) lived and died in Frankin. The fifth brother, Louis Augustus Loustalot, born July 20, 1888, resides in Hammond, Louisiana.
Albert spent his boyhood in Franklin, where he attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School and established an excellent record of scholarship and conduct. In August 1900, he won a scholarship at Louisiana State University awarded by St. Mary’s Parish. He attended the University nearly four years. He left the University before his graduation to enter the U.S. Military Academy in June 1904.
He graduated with his Class on February 14, 1908 and was assigned by his own choice to the Coast Artillery, in which he served with credit and distinction in all the ordinary and many extraordinary assignments, through the grades from Second Lieutenant to Colonel, for 36 years.
His first duty assignment, also of his own choice, was to the 164th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, at Jackson Barracks. Louisiana, which gave him an opportunity to return to his native State and to renew the associations, friendships, and family ties of his boyhood days.
He was recalled to West Point as an instructor in French from 1910 to 1912. After that assignment he served as Company Officer and Company Commander in the 76th, 48th, and 123rd Companies at Forts Hancock, Jay and Hamilton in the vicinity of New York. During 1916 he attended the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and in January 1917 he was transferred to the Pacific Coast where he served in the early months of that year, with the 8th Company at Fort Winfield Scott, and at Alcatraz.
In World War I, he served in France from July 1917 to November 1919. He became an outstanding specialist in the use of artillery in trench warfare and served with distinction as instructor in the Army Trench Mortar School, as Trench Artillery Officer of I Corps, as Adjutant of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, and in command of 1st Battalion of the 56th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps.
He was a member of the Inter-Allied Commission to the Baltic States in the latter part of 1919 and the early part of 1920, and then became military observer and Assistant Military Attache in Berlin until the end of 1922. During 1923 he was Military Attache to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Returning to the United States late in 1923, he attended the Coast Artillery School and graduated in 1924. In October 1924. he was assigned again to the harbor defenses of New York, serving with the 7th Coast Artillery until August 1927.
He attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, 1927-1928, and after graduation served in important staff positions in the 9th Coast Artillery District and in the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco until May 1932.
From July 1932 to October 1934, he commanded the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) in the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bay.
Again at the Presidio of San Francisco, he was Executive Officer for Organized Reserves, Ninth Coast Artillery District, from November 1934 to February 1939.
In Hawaii from 1939 to 1941, he served in the Headquarters Staff of the Hawaiian Department.
He was Executive Officer and Inspector of Training at the Anti-aircraft Training Center, Camp Hulen, Texas, from July 1941 to February 1942.
After a brief assignment in the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff, he became Military Attache at Habana, Cuba. He was retired for age on February 28, 1943, but was recalled to active duty immediately and remained in the same assignment until September of that year.
He was assigned to staff duty with the Air Transport Command at Miami, Florida, until the termination of his active military duty on April 2, 1944. That date marked the end of an honorable military career of forty years of loyal, faithful, and distinguished service in the United States Army.
Colonel Loustalot was awarded the World War I Victory Medal with Defensive Sector Clasp and four Battle Clasps for participation in the Champagne-Marne, the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Ar-gonne Campaigns; the Army of Occupation of Germany medal; the American Campaign medal; the World War II Victory medal; and by the French Government, L’Etoile Noire. He held the degree of Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, 1908. He was a Distinguished Graduate of the Coast Artillery School in 1919, a graduate of the Advanced Course, Coast Artillery School in 1924, and of the Command and General Staff School, U.S. Army, in 1928.
After his retirement Colonel Loustalot devoted himself to community and other public service. He was Executive Director of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1946 and 1947.
He was married twice. His first marriage to Elsa Michaelis, who was born and reared in England, took place at St. Ludwig Church in Berlin, Germany, on April 26. 1926. She died in San Francisco on September 26, 1950. His second marriage to Marie-Aline Zatarain de Blanco, of an old and honored Louisiana family, was celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Slidell, Louisiana on January 11, 1956. His widow Aline resided in Slidell Louisiana.
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