Lieutenant Colonel Albert Peter Dewey Plaque
Details:
The plaque is located on the eastern wall within the cathedral in a side chapel. It is approximately halfway between the main Rue du Bienvenu entrance and the altar.
Plaque
The white marble plaque features engraved red text in French. The plaque was placed at the site to honor Lieutenant Colonel Albert Peter Dewey who was shot to death in a case of mistaken identity by Viet Minh troops in September 1945. He was the first American fatality in French Indochina following WWII.
Monument Text:
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. PETER DEWEY
LEGION OF MERIT
CHEVALIER DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR
CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PALMES
PARACHUTISTE DE L'INFANTERIE
DE L’ARMÉE DES ETATS-UNIS D’AMÉRIQUE
NÉ À CHICAGO LE 8 OCTOBRE 1917
MORT À L'ENNEMI LE 26 SEPTEMBRE 1945
À SAIGON, INDO-CHINE
PRIEZ POUR LUI
English translation:
LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. PETER DEWEY
LEGION OF MERIT
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM LEAVES
PARATROOPER INFANTRY
THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BORN IN CHICAGO ON OCTOBER 8, 1917
DEATH BY THE ENEMY SEPTEMBER 26, 1945
IN SAIGON, INDO-CHINA
PRAY FOR HIM
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
OSS
United States Army
Wars:
Vietnam War
WWII
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