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Mougin, Marcel Marie Xavier Joseph

Date of birth:
September 2nd, 1888 (Charquemont, Doubs)
Date of death:
July 24th, 1918 (Hill 141, Coincy, Aisne)
Buried on:
French War Cemetery Neuilly-Saint-Front
Service number:
B-01881 / 2077
Nationality:
French

Biography

Classe 1908
October 06th, 1909: IVe Bataillon, 152e Régiment d'Infanterie, Gérardmer, Vosges - Matricule Nr. 2168
September 27th, 1911: return home with a good conduct certificate and attached to the Régiment d'Infanterie de Langres - Matricule Nr. 140
August 03rd, 1914: mobilised in the 1re Compagnie, I. Bataillon, 171e Régiment d'Infanterie, Brigade d'active de Belfort - Matricule Nr. O-13634 - Operations in Alsace
September 1914: Lérouville, Saint Mihiel, Meuse
September 28th, 1914: fightings at Bois Brűlé et du Bois d'Ailly,
October 01st, 1914: fightings at Marbotte and Ailly in the Foręt d'Apremont
October 02nd, 1914: fightings in the South West part of the Bois d'Ailly
June 1915: 1re Compagnie, I. Bataillon, 171e Régiment d'Infanterie attached to the 127e Division d'Infanterie
September 25th, 1915-September 30th, 1915: fightings at the Ferme de Navarin and the Butte de Souain - 2nd Battle in the Champagne
February 1916: fightings in the Bois Fumin, the Bois la Laufée, the Batterie de Damloup, Fort de Vaux and Fort de Souville - Battle of Verdun
June 24th, 1916: WIA by shell fragments to the right leg at Fort de Vaux, Verdun and evacuated to the military hospital
October 14th, 1916: declared in the depot unit
December 19th, 1916: declared unfit for combat for 1 month for otitis
March 15th, 1917: Soldat de 2e classe, joined the Compagnie de Mitrailleuses, 216e Régiment d'Infanterie, 63e division d'infanterie - Matricule B-01881 - Forain sur le Ban-de-Sapt, Vosges
January 1918-June 1918: deployed sector Rondinage, North of Saint-Thomas, Argonne
June 1918: deployed in the Bois d'Hauzy - 2nd Battle of the Marne
July 24th, 1918; KIA during the attack to seize Hill 141, North of Coincy, Aisne

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:
171e Régiment d'Infanterie
Awarded on:
1916
for his action at Fort de Vaux
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:
171e Régiment d'Infanterie
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1916
Médaille des blessés de guerre
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1920
Médaille commémorative de la Grande Guerre
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:
Compagnie de Mitrailleuse, 216e Régiment d'Infanterie, 63e Division d'Infanterie
Awarded on:
June 1921
reeceived with 1 bronze palm:
"Brave courageous soldier, always behaved valiantly - killed on 07/24/1918 in Coincy."
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Soldat de 2e classe
Unit:
Compagnie de Mitrailleuse, 216e Régiment d'Infanterie, 63e Division d'Infanterie
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1921
Médaille Militaire
posthumously awarded by Journal Officiel du 10.06.1921

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