1. Pierre Andries Tendean was an Indonesian Army lieutenant.
16 Facts About Pierre Tendean
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Pierre Tendean had an older sister, Mitzi, and younger sister, Rooswidiati.
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Pierre Tendean's father was a doctor and held posts in hospitals in Jakarta, Tasikmalaya, Cisarua, Magelang, and Semarang.
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Pierre Tendean attended elementary school in Magelang and middle school and high school in Semarang.
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The compromise was for Pierre Tendean to attend the Army's Engineering Academy in Bandung, where he started in 1958.
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Pierre Tendean received battlefield experience while in the academy when he was sent to West Sumatra with his fellow cadets to participate in operation Sapta Marga against the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
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At that time Pierre Tendean was a Corporal Cadet and was assigned to the Army's Corps of Engineers.
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In 1961, Pierre Tendean graduated from ATEKAD and was given the rank Second Lieutenant.
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Pierre Tendean was sent to the front lines during operation Dwikora, Indonesia's confrontation with Malaysia, where he led a group of volunteers in several infiltrations into Malaysia performing intelligence gathering.
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On 15 April 1965, Pierre Tendean was promoted to First Lieutenant and later, was assigned as a personal aide to General Abdul Haris Nasution.
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Shots were fired, awakening Pierre Tendean who was staying in the general's housing complex.
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Pierre Tendean was apprehended by the troops and was mistaken for Nasution in the darkened villa.
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Pierre Tendean was brought to Lubang Buaya along with six high-ranking officers of the army.
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Pierre Tendean was shot to death, and his body thrown into an old well with those of the other captives.
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Pierre Tendean's body was among those recovered from the well just three days later.
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Pierre Tendean was posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain and buried in the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery.