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Kenneth Weeks Commemorative Wall

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Details:

Inside the Panthéon.

Marker

A large pale-stone wall memorial with carved inscriptions honoring Kenneth Weeks, an American-born writer who volunteered for the French Foreign Legion and was among the 560 writers killed in battle during World War I, whose names are commemorated on this wall.

Source of photo: fr.wikipedia.org

Monument Text:

 

AVX ECRIVAINS

MORTS POVR LA FRANCE

MCMXIV MCMXVIII

MORTS

AV CHAMP DHONNEVR

K. WEEKS

English translation:

 

TO THE WRITERS

WHO DIED FOR FRANCE

1914 1918 

DIED

ON THE FIELD OF HONOR

Commemorates:

People:

Kenneth Weeks

Units:

French Army

French Foreign Legion

Wars:

WWI