Death:Death by War or Terrorism 29 May 1958 (Killed in action, helicopter crash, age 46) chart Placidus Equal_H.
French Army officer, who fought during World War II, the First Indochina War, the Suez Crisis and the Algerian War, where he was killed in action on 29 May 1958. Apart from a short time in the French resistance, he served exclusively with French Foreign Legion units, most notably as commander of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment. Link to Wikipedia biography