History of Appletree Point, Burlington's North End

The history is a work in progress. It includes professional research, as well as oral histories, photographs, and recollections of local people whose families have lived in the North End of Burlington for many generations. http://bluebrickpreservation.com/pdf/aphs.pdf

31.10.11

REMEMBRANCE, Nov 10, Heinebereg Senior Center. Billy Moulton, a Burlington Hero.


Capt. William Arthur Moulton, Jr.

1920-1944

Captain William Arthur Moulton, Jr. was born in Burlington, Vermont on May 9, 1920.  He attended public schools in Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School in June 1937.

While in high school he participated in football, track, and was an outstanding basketball player.  He was a member of the team that played in the Northeast Inter-scholastic Basketball Championship finals at Portland, Maine in 1937.  He attended Green Mountain Junior College from 1937-1938.

Moulton enlisted in the Vermont National Guard as a Private in Company K, 172nd Infantry Regiment on 3 October 1939.  When the Vermont National Guard was called to active Federal Service in 1941, Moulton went as 1st Sergeant of Company K.  During the North and South Carolina maneuvers he led Company K as 1st Sergeant since a sickness had afflicted the unit’s officer and many enlisted men.  For his outstanding accomplishment in this regard, Moulton received the Regimental Commendation.

Moulton entered the officer’s candidate course at Ft. Benning, Georgia in February 1942 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in May of that year.  Lt. Moulton’s first assignment was with the 79th Infantry Division, then stationed at Camp Pickett, Virginia.  He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant early in 1943 then to Captain on 22 August 1943.  He commanded two companies of the 314th Infantry Regiment 79th Infantry Division.

Captain Moulton was killed in combat on 23 June 1944 during the Normandy Campaign, France during World War II.