lieutenant and mentioned in a dispatch, which is considered to be a special honor in France. He During 1928–30 Stenroth served in Libya and Syria. In October 1930, he was sent to Hải Phòng in French Indochina, where he arrived in April 1931, in order to restrain local troubles. However, he fell ill with a tropical disease immediately after arrival and was transferred to a hospital in Hanoi, where he died on 23 May. References Officers of the French Foreign Legion Finnish officers 1896 births 1931 deaths Finnish expatriates in France Swedish-speaking Finns People of the Finnish Civil War (White side) People of the Rif War