Kittery, ME - Alfred D. Poulin of Kittery, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 16th. Born June 30, 1931, he was 84 years old.

Al grew up in Randolph, ME and entered the Marine Corps one day before his seventeenth birthday. Being a Marine was the only thing he wanted to be. Between the Corps and the Reserves, he gave twenty-one years of his life and was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation for being badly wounded in the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir-one of the most savage battles in modern warfare, fought in the bitter cold of a Korean winter.

After leaving the Corps he went to work as a mail carrier with the Kittery Post Office retiring in 1985 after thirty years of service.

Al was a family man and enjoyed many get-togethers with his nieces and nephews. He also loved hunting, fishing, canoeing, the Marine Corps League, and his home.

He was a communicant of St. Raphael's Church in Kittery.

He's survived by his beloved wife, Theresa A. (Harvey) who he met at a Marine Corps Ball in 1950 and married at St. Catherine's Church in Portsmouth on October 2, 1954. They were best friends and partners for sixty-two years and still very much in love with each other.

In addition to his wife, survivors include his sister-in-law, Audrey F. Wilkinson of Kittery, and sister and brother-in-law, John and Helena Hackney of Kittery Point; nieces and nephews, some whom were like his own children, Kathy (& Jon) Pridham of Kittery, John T. Wilkinson III of Portsmouth, Mary E. (& Stephen) Craig of Effingham, N.H., Thomas Hackney of Kittery Point & Nancy (& Allen)
Estes of Kittery; great nieces & nephews Jamie C. Perron (& Christine Barstow) of Kittery, Katie E. (Perron) Paris (& Eric) of Kittery, Carrie (Perron) Freeman (& Kevin) of Lebanon, ME and Gerrish T. Craig of Vermont. Great, great nieces & nephews Meagan M. Perron of Kittery, Max M. Perron (& Julia Nadreau) of Rollinsford, N.H., Ericachae & Blaze Paris, Montana J., Kai C., Makimo G. & Zakoi J. Arsenault, Logan & Lauran Barstow, all of Kittery and Amanda, Destiny, and Kevin Freeman Jr. of Rollinsford, N.H.; great, great, great nieces & nephews Jayde M. Perron and twins Jaxon & Jaysen Perron of Rollinsford, N.H.

He was predeceased by his parents and sister as well as his brother-in-law, friend, and brother marine Jack Wilkinson, who he's raising hell with in heaven now.

Semper Fi!

Services: A time of visitation will be held from 4-6PM on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the J. S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery, ME. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00AM on Monday, March 21, 2016 at St. Raphael's Church, Whipple Road, Kittery. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Portsmouth, NH with full military honors. Family flowers only. Memorial contributions may be made to: Catholic Charities, P.O. Box 10660, Portland, Me 04104.