1920 – 2008
PFC Lewis A. Barondeau, Anti-Tank Section, 134 th Infantry Regiment, was a WW II veteran of the battles of Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, the Rhineland, and Central Europe, serving with the unit from 1942 through the end of WW II. A native of South Dakota, he received the Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WW II Victory Medal, EAME Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, French Legion of Honor, and Distinguished Unit Badge, serving as an anti-tank weapons operator, driver, and mechanic. Discharged after WW II, he returned to farming in his beloved South Dakota, raised a family, and remained active in 35th Division Assn. and local community activities. He passed away in 2008 and is buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen, South Dakota.