A. Peter Dewey
A. Peter Dewey | |
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| Born | October 8, 1916 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 26, 1945 (aged 28) Saigon, Vietnam |
| Branch | Polish Military Ambulance Corps U.S.Air Transport Command, in Africa U.S.Office of Strategic Services (OSS) |
| Years of service | Polish Army, 1940; United States Army, 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | Office of Strategic Services |
| Battles / wars | World War II Battle of France (with the Polish Army) Operation Dragoon Vietnam Conflict |
| Awards | Silver Star Legion of Merit Croix de Guerre avec Palmes Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur Croix du Combattant Order of Polonia Restituta Tunisian Order of Glory |
Albert Peter Dewey (October 8, 1916 – September 26, 1945) was an American Office of Strategic Services operative shot to death in a case of mistaken identity by Communist aligned Viet Minh troops on September 26, 1945. Dewey was the first American fatality in French Indochina, killed during the 1945 Vietnamese uprising.