Lieutenant Roger Hercule Gustave Degueldre (1925, Louvroil

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, Nord - 1962) was a leader of the OAS

Organisation armée secrète

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 Delta Commandos in the last months of French rule in Algeria

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. There is some dispute about his origins. He claimed to have been born in northern France

France

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, near the Belgian border, but there were also allegations that he was a Belgian collaborator with the SS during World War II

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, as well as that he had lied about his origins in order to become eligible for the French Foreign Legion

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.

Degueldre, a veteran of Dien Bien Phu

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, had deserted from the Foreign Legion in 1960 and took over control of the OAS's active operations, gaining a reputation for ruthlessness. He recruited Albert Dovecar

Albert Dovecar

Albert Dovecar was a sergeant in the French 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. He was executed by firing squad at the Fort du Trou d'Enfer for his part in the assassination of French National Police Divisional Commissaire Roger Gavoury during the Algerian War.- Biography...

 as his lieutenant along with as many as 500 others.

He was arrested on 7 April 1962, condemned to death on 28 June and executed by firing squad in the Fort d'Ivry

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 near Paris

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on 6 July. He is buried in the Gonards cemetery in Versailles.