Lamoureux, Paul Emil “Frenchy” Lamoureux born 19-05-1925, in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA, 
the youngest of 13 children, to Napoleon Lamoureux (1881–1970) 
and his wife Josephine, born Blanchette Lamoureux (1880–1964). 
Frenchy had five brothers and eight sisters, Leopold Napoleon Lamoureux (1904–1968), Aime Lamoureux (1905–1990), Donalda M Lamoureux Durand (1906–1997), Rose-de-Lima Lamoureux Lacroix (1907–2005), Régina Lamoureux (1908–1908), Florida Aurore Lamoureux Héroux (1909–2002), Yvonne Bella Lamoureux Williams (1910–2009), Antoinette Lamoureux Lussier (1912–2008), Béatrice Bertha “Sr. Marie Josephine” Lamoureux (1915–2003), 
Simone Valéda Lamoureux Rémillard (1918–2021), Lucien Bernard Lamoureux (1919–2008), Alphonse Thomas Lamoureux (1919–1919), Pierre Raoul Lamoureux (1921–1967) and Rolande Thérèse Lamoureux Pouliot (1923–2018). 
He was married with Rita J, born Bacon Lamoureux (1926–2013) 
and the couple had one daughter Susan Marie Lamoureux Kneeland (1949–2016) 
she passed away on 30-11- 2016 (age 67) in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.
Frenchy volunteered for the paratroopers and after earning his jump wings at Fort Benning, Georgia, 
he was sent to England in February 1944 and placed in Easy Company, 506th PIR. 
under command of Colonel Sink, Robert Frederick “Bounding Bob” 
In the picture 
he can be seen on the left just before D-Day joking around with fellow Rhode Island native George Luz 
and an unidentified paratrooper (middle). Frenchy jumped into Normandy on D-Day in Richard Daves ” Dick” Winters stick, 
barely 2 weeks after his 19th birthday. He got the nickname Frenchy due to his fluency in French, his parents having immigrated to the U.S. Frenchy served as an interpreter for Dick Winters He found this skill helped him fit in with the other guys when they realised he could chat up girls for them. Frenchy fought through Normandy and jumped into my Netherlands for Operation Market Garden on 18th Spetember, 1944. and was then sent to Aldbourne, England where he was assigned to Easy Company before their combat jump into Normandy on D-Day He headed to Bastogne with the company but while there developed a severe case of bronchitis and trenchfoot and was sent to a hospital in England. He rejoined Easy in Austria in May 1945 and remained with them to the end of the war. He survived the war without a wound though he saw action at Carentan, Operation Market Garden, and in very cold town Bastogne .
for Operation Battle of the Bulge. 
After the war he returned home, married Rita, and they had 2 children. He loved to attend the Easy reunions 
each year.The bottom picture is from the DDay anniversary and premiere of the Band of Brothers miniseries at Utah Beach in 2001. 
From left to right are Joseph Anthony “Joe” Lesniewski, Dick Winters, Ronald Speirs, and Frenchy Lamoureu. Joseph Anthony “Joe” Lesniewski 
passed 23-05-2012 (age 91) in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul Lamoureux was at the Easy Company reunion in Paris in 2001 and during the world premiere of the TV series “Band of Brothers” Paul was the youngest of Easy Company and joined the service at the age of 18.Together with the other 45 Easy Company members, their families and guests, he attended the performance in a large tent on Utah Beach.It turned out that he was not there on his own initiative. Paul never talked about the war and had no contact with other veterans. It was his son Jerry 
who was surfing the internet and discovered that HBO was making plans to make the mini series and invite all the surviving veterans to a reunion in Paris and the premiere in Normandy. Gerald signed his father up and before he knew it he was on his way to Paris.
There he and his wife Rita, together with the other veterans, were treated like royalty. During their 9-day stay, everything had been thought of. The flight, the accommodations, food and drinks. Everything was arranged by HBO. “The only thing we had to pay for ourselves were the souvenirs,” says Paul.
Death and burial ground of Lamoureux, Paul Emil “Frenchy”.
Paul Emil “Frenchy” Lamoureux died 15-01-2005 (age 79) in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA and is buried at the Saint James Cemetery Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, VS, Old River Road, Lincoln, RI 02838, USA.
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