The son of Wolfeboro Police Chief Dean Rondeau was promoted to the rank of Major in the U.S. Army during a ceremony Friday held on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France.
Derek Rondeau, also of Wolfeboro, is following in the footsteps of his father who also served in the 16 Infantry Regiment of the First Infantry Division. The storied army unit is the same one that stormed the shores of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, during Operation Overlord, the Invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Derek Rondeau, who is an Infantry Officer, is a graduate of Norwich University Military Academy and is enrolled in a master’s degree program at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College. He is currently on an exchange program in France.
Upon his graduation, he plans to assume an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer position somewhere in the United States.
Derek Rondeau is a decorated combat veteran who served in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011.
He is married to Stephanie Rondeau, a former Franklin resident, whom he met while attending Bishop Brady High School in Concord. When not in school, he resides at Fort Riley in Kansas, home of the First Infantry Division, with his wife and their three daughters.
Monitor staff