Legislative sentiment presented to Dulac family

Staff Report
    AUGUSTA — The family of a Vietnam War hero from Dexter was presented with a legislative sentiment and an American flag that flew over the State House in a ceremony in Augusta last week.
    Members of the late 1st Sgt. Malcolm C. Dulac’s family were the guests of Rep. Paul Davis of Sangerville and Rep. Ray Wallace of Dexter.

Contributed photo by Jamie Carter

LEGISLATIVE HONOR — The family of the late 1st Sgt. Malcolm C. Dulac of Dexter was presented with a legislative sentiment last week along with an American flag that had been flown over the State House. Pictured, from left, are Russ Dulac, Linda Dulac, Stan Dulac, Gov. Paul LePage, Rep. Ray Wallace and Rep. Paul Davis.

    The family attended a session in the House of Representatives which included the presentation of the sentiment, introduced by Wallace, recognizing the naming of a barracks at Fort Benning, Ga. in honor of Dulac.
    Following the presentation, the family and the representatives joined Gov. Paul LePage in the cabinet room where LePage spoke on the significance of 1st Sgt. Dulac’s service medals.
    His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star with Valor, Purple Heart, Air Medal, Combat Infantry Badge 2nd Award and service medals for the Korean and Vietnamese campaigns.
    Dulac joined the Army just before his 17th birthday; and after completing basic training at Fort Dix, N.J., was sent to Korea for what would be his first combat deployment.
    In 1967, he was deployed to Vietnam with the 1st Battalion (Mechanized) Infantry Division in Binh Dinh province when a company was overrun by a North Vietnamese army regiment.
    He was in the medic’s armored personnel carrier when it was struck by enemy rocket fire. Despite his wounds, he returned to the burning vehicle to remove more wounded soldiers.
    He died from his wounds on May 5, 1968 at the age of 36 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Dexter.