Fauntleroy Cedric

Monuments

Name:

Cedric Fauntleroy

Rank:

Major

Serial Number:

Unit:

Ko�ciuszko Squadron

Date of Death:

1963-11-27

State:

Mississippi

Cemetery:

Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Miss

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valor

Comments:

Born near Natchez, Mississippi on 22 November 1891
Served in the 94th Fighter Squadron during WWI.
Recruited by Merian C. Cooper in 1919 to join the Polish 7th Air Escadrille, named the Kosciuszko Squadron) for the Polish-Soviet War from 1919-1921
Was promoted to Colonel and received Poland's highest military decoration: the Virtuti Militari along with the Cross of Valor four times.
He died in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona