U.S. Army Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Richard Vallon Sr.
Richard Raymond Vallon Sr., (b. 6/29/1926, age 91 years) lifelong resident of the New Orleans area, died April 14, 2018, at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Reserve. The son of Albert Joseph Vallon and his wife Sadie Sterbenz, he attended Peters High School and at 16 worked building landing craft for the Normandy Invasion at Higgins Boat Works in Mid-City. After returning from serving as a US Army Private near the end of WWII I in Germany, he married Audrey Lucy Birabent (now deceased...
