MENTON: HISTORY ON THE WALL- VIETNAM

It is not easy to notice the plague on the wall of an old building in the City of Menton. The address to the building is: La Maison du 2 quai Bonaparte. The man who was born in the house in 1947 died at the age of 21 years. Jean Pierre Vincent Pellicano was born in the house on November  5, 1947. He was a French citizen. He was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968. He was killed at Da-Nang in November 1968 fighting for the Americans: AUS COB 3e Bat 21 st. American Division. He was a member of the famed American Division formed during WWII in French New Caledonia. Sergeant Jean Pierre Vincent Pellicano was awarded the Bronze Service Medal and Purple Heart.

The City of Menton wanted to let all of you who are paying the city a visit to know about him even if the War of Vietnam was not a popular war at all among the men of his age in 1968- and later on. No. The plague tells the true story of the cost of wars.