

Rue Lieutenant J B Meschi
Saint-Pierre
A quiet street off Boulevard Sakakini holds a marble plaque honoring Lieutenant Jean-Baptiste Meschi, a career soldier who died in Vietnam in 1951. It's a small memorial that tells a big story.
Hidden memorial street
Military history tribute
Quiet neighborhood discovery
French colonial history
Tips
🎖️Meschi earned the Légion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre
🗺️easy to miss—perpendicular to Boulevard Sakakini
Rue Lieutenant J B Meschi
Saint-Pierre


A quiet street off Boulevard Sakakini holds a marble plaque honoring Lieutenant Jean-Baptiste Meschi, a career soldier who died in Vietnam in 1951. It's a small memorial that tells a big story.
Hidden memorial street
Military history tribute
Quiet neighborhood discovery
French colonial history
Tips
🎖️Meschi earned the Légion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre
🗺️easy to miss—perpendicular to Boulevard Sakakini