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Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

This decoration was instituted on April 8th 1915 to commemmorate individual mentions in despatches and can be awarded to all French military personnel, regardless of rank and also to officers and men of Allied Forces for an individual feat of arms mentioned in a despatch. The despatch had to originate from an officer commanding an Army, an Army Corps, a Division, a Brigade or the C.O. of a Regiment or a corresponding unit of Naval Forces. Mention in Army Despatch merits a small bronze laurel branch, Army Corps Despatch a silver gilt star, Divisional a silver star, Regimental or similar Unit Despatch a bronze star; all these emblems to be worn on the ribbon of the Cross. For every mention the appropiate emblem will be awarded; if one person has been awarded five palms, he will wear a silver palm instead.
The ribbon of the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 differs from the original; it is coloured bright red with four vertical bands of green in the centre.

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Vaillant de Guélis, de, Jacques Theodore Paul* April 6th, 1907
† August 7th, 1945
Plot: I Grave: 22E

Valdez, Jose F.* January 3rd, 1925
† February 17th, 1945
Plot: Q Grave: 29

Valin, Martial Henri* May 14th, 1898
† September 19th, 1980

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Vallée, Francois "Oscar"* January 1st, 1912
† 1944

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Valli, François* January 15th, 1907
† June 26th, 1994

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Van Dong, Pham* October 25th, 1919
† November 26th, 2008

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Van Fleet, James Alward* March 19th, 1892
† September 23rd, 1992
Plot: 7 Grave: 8195A

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Vandervoort, Benjamin Hayes* March 3rd, 1915
† November 22nd, 1990
Plot: 20 Grave: 59

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Vanner, Lucien* September 30th, 1901
† June 11th, 1942

Varnier, André Albert* March 12th, 1914
† December 15th, 1949

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Vasatko, Alois* August 25th, 1908
† June 23rd, 1942

Vasilevsky, Aleksandr Mikhailovich* September 30th, 1895
† December 5th, 1977

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Vaughan-Fowler, Peter Erskine* January 18th, 1923
† April 24th, 1994

Vaux, de, Etienne* December 3rd, 1922
† September 30th, 1945

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Vazac, Bohumil* November 5th, 1913
† July 22nd, 2003

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Vedel, Gaston* November 22nd, 1899
† June 22nd, 1993

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Védy, Gilbert* February 16th, 1902
† March 21st, 1944

Venning, John Wentworth* May 19th, 1915

Verdier, Henri* January 23rd, 1910
† June 7th, 2002

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Vergos, Joseps* October 22nd, 1911
† December 15th, 1940

Verheust, Richard* June 17th, 1912
† May 28th, 1988

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Verity, Hugh Beresford* April 6th, 1918
† November 14th, 2001

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Vermeil, Firmin Jean Jacques* September 24th, 1914
† July 17th, 1943

Vernant, Jean-Pierre* January 4th, 1914
† January 9th, 2007

Vernier, Jean* January 20th, 1905
† March 19th, 1980

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Verrier, André* February 16th, 1919
† December 28th, 2013

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Verstraete, Michel* March 22nd, 1918
† July 4th, 1968

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Vesely, Vlastimil* September 13th, 1923
† December 11th, 2001

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Veuve, René "Joyeuse"* January 17th, 1920
† June 12th, 2012

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Vézinet, Adolphe* March 1st, 1906
† January 13th, 1996

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Vialard-Goudou, Jean* April 30th, 1902
† November 30th, 1970

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Vibert, Paul* September 28th, 1912
† May 20th, 1970

Vignes, Charles* August 11th, 1905
† June 4th, 1951

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Vigneux, Daniel* March 19th, 1912
† January 28th, 1946

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Villerot, Angel* May 24th, 1913
† March 19th, 2006

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Villoutreys, de, Harry* November 30th, 1909
† June 17th, 1945

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Viltard, Henri* January 24th, 1923
† July 31st, 1947

Vincent, Marcel* June 24th, 1913
† May 27th, 1950

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Virot, Andrée Marthe* February 3rd, 1905
† February 5th, 2010

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Vistel, Alban* July 16th, 1905
† April 13th, 1994

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Volvey, Jean* June 15th, 1910
† May 25th, 1994

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Vourc'h, Jean* February 27th, 1920
† August 29th, 1944

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Voyer, Jacques* December 27th, 1922
† June 27th, 1944

Vybiral, Tomas* September 29th, 1911
† February 21st, 1981

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Subonderscheidingen

Lanyard with the War Cross
Fourragere Croix de GuerreLanyard with the War Cross
In the database: 7
Issued:unknown

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