Marsoun, Vaclac
- Date of birth:
- 1903 (Bohemia, Austro-Hungary)
- Date of death:
- 1977 (France)
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
1923: Joins the French Foreign Legion in the 1st Régiment Étranger
1923-1928 : combat in Algeria, Morocco and Lebanon
1939 : mobilised in the 203rd Régiment d'Infanterie Alpine,
16th June 1940 : promoted caporal
July 1940 : demobilised
September 1941 : join as a caporal the LVF - Légion des Volontaires Français contre le bolchevisme.
October 1941 : sent on the Eastern Front
1942: promoted sergent
1944: Joins the SS division Charlemagne,
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Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d'Opérations Extérieurs
- Unit:
- 6th Bataillon - 1st Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1925
With 1 palm
- Unit:
- 1st Régiment Etranger
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1926
With gold clasp ''MAROC 1925''
- Unit:
- 8th Bataillon 1st REC
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1926
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- I. Battalion, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- August 28th, 1942
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