Kinder in Allen Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
1st. Lt. Douglas B. Fournet
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 28, 2018
1. 1st. Lt. Douglas B. Fournet Marker
1st. Lt. Douglas B. Fournet
May 7, 1943 - May 4, 1968
Awarded
The
Congressional Medal of Honor
Posthumously
by
PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON
For
Conspicuous Gallantry
And Willing Sacrifice
"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That
A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • Military • War, Vietnam. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #37 Richard M. Nixon, and the Medal of Honor Recipients series lists.
Location. 30° 29.232′ N, 92° 50.918′ W. Memorial is in Kinder, Louisiana, in Allen Parish. It is at the intersection of 9th Street and 4th Street when traveling north on 9th Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Kinder LA 70648, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Louisiana’s Acadiana Cajun Country. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kinder War Monument (here, next to this marker); Kinder: The Crossroads to Everywhere (within shouting distance of this marker); Great Louisiana Maneuvers' Blue Army Headquarters (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kinder, Louisiana (about 700 feet away); 1st. Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet
this page online
Also see . . . La-Cemeteries.com Memorial page to Lt. Fournet. (Submitted on March 1, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 28, 2018
2. 1st. Lt. Douglas B. Fournet Marker
February 28, 2018
3. 1st. Lt. Douglas B. Fournet Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe
4. 1st. Lt. Douglas B. Fournet Grave Marker
He is buried in McRill Cemetery aka Kinder Cemetery, Kinder LA in Section F, Row 7. The grave GPS is N30.5157 W92.8489.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 530 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 1, 2018. 4. submitted on March 1, 2018, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
