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Written by Colonel (Retired) Louis R. Fausset (HQ320/55-56) passed away Wednesday, November 10, 1999 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. Services were held in Boise, Idaho, on November 16th and internment was held on November 22. 1999, at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Colonel Fausset joined the enlisted ranks of the United States Army in 1938 and was commissioned a First Lieutenant in 1942. He served with the 8th Armored Division in the European Theater of Operations during WW II and the X Corps during the Korean War. Colonel Fausset served as both the Battalion Commander of the 320th Army Field Artillery Battalion and Post Commander, Camp Wood, Japan in 1955-56.
Helen Louise Fausset Helen Louise Fausset, 88, of Boise, Idaho, passed away August 18, 2008, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise.
Helen will be interred next her husband on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 1 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Helen was born on October 20, 1919, in Berwick, Illinois, the daughter of Michael Ryan and Mildred (Picton) Ryan. She graduated from Monmouth High School (Illinois) in 1937, and continued her education at nearby Monmouth College. While in college, she met Louis R. Fausset, whom she married on December 15, 1938, in Burlington, Iowa. To supplement the family income while in college, her husband joined the Illinois National Guard (later activated as the 809th Tank Destroyer Battalion). This decision led the couple to an interesting and exciting career in the military.
In 1942, the couple was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas. Helen attended nurse's training in nearby Temple, Texas, and spent the World War II years as a certified nursing assistant and Red Cross volunteer. During the post-war occupation, she joined her husband in Germany, living in Bamberg, Bayreuth, and Schweinfurt. During this time she became an avid fisherwoman – for food, not for sport. While accompanying her husband during additional overseas assignments, she was afforded the opportunity to live in Kumamoto, Japan, and Athens, Greece.
The couple moved to Boise in 1964, and continued to live there upon retirement. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, and husband. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Neal Fausset and Marilyn Brown Fausset of Boulder, Colorado, and three grandchildren, Steven Fausset, Yuri Brown, and Dina Brown. Helen suffered from progressive macular degeneration that severely impaired her vision. Although this condition did not contribute to her death, she desired that memorial contributions be made to the Idaho Commission for the Blind. The family gives special thanks to the nursing staff of floor 6 East at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center for the attentive and compassionate care Helen received in her final days.
FAUSSET, LOUIS REGNAULT
- COL US ARMY
- WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
- DATE OF BIRTH: 02/03/1919
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/10/1999
- BURIED AT: SECTION 65 SITE 524
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
FAUSSET, HELEN L
- DATE OF BIRTH: 10/20/1919
- DATE OF DEATH: 08/18/2008
- BURIED AT: SECTION 65 SITE 524
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF FAUSSET, LOUIS REGNAULT
COL US ARMY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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