Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
André Prochasson
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024
1. André Prochasson Marker
Ici
est tombe le 25 aout 1944
le sapeur
Prochasson André
du
Regiment de Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris
Mort pour la Liberation
Here fell on August 25, 1944 the sapper André Prochasson of the Paris Fire Brigade. He died for Liberation.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Liberation of Paris series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 25, 1944.
Location. 48° 52.335′ N, 2° 18.057′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule. Memorial is on Avenue des Champs-Élysées, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 116 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, Île-de-France 75008, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Albert Santos Dumont (1873-1932) (a few steps from this marker); Siégé de le Gouvernement de Catalogne en Exil / Seat of the Catalonian Government in Exile (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Raimu (about 150 meters away); Thomas Jefferson
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Also see . . . PROCHASSON André, Paul (Le Maitron, in French).
Excerpt (in translation): Son of Henri Prochasson, wine merchant, and Henriette Jung, jeweler, André Prochasson lived in Courbevoie (Seine, Hauts-de-Seine), he played on one of the local football teams. At the start of the evening of August 25, André Prochasson, firefighter at the 12th fire company, was with a colleague on the terrace of the building at 116 avenue des Champs-Élysées doing surveillance. A shooter probably posted in a building across the boulevard fired, and André Prochasson was shot in the head.
The Ministry of Veterans Affairs awarded him the honorific Mort pour la France (“Died for France”) on February 8, 1945. His name appears on the list of firefighters who died for the Liberation of Paris at the Police Museum 4 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in Paris (5th arr.), on the plaque “Athletes Courbevoie-Sports Morts pour la France”….
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024
2. André Prochasson Marker
The marker is visible here just to the right of the entrance.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 39 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
