Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr.
Military Person
1915 – 2001
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Who was Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr.?
Colonel Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr. was a highly decorated United States Army officer of the 82nd Airborne Division who in June 1944, as commander of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II, parachuted behind enemy lines into Normandy and was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for leading an attack that captured the French town of Prétot-Vicquemare, in the Seine-Maritime department. On June 6, 2002, the people of the village honored his memory by renaming Prétot's main square "La Place du Colonel Mendez".
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1915
Denver - Also known as
- Louis Gonzaga Mendez
- Ethnicity
- Mexican American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Georgetown University
- Command and General Staff College
- Lived in
- Fairfax County, Virginia
- Died
- Sep 19, 2001
Falls Church - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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