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Gagneron, Jacques Marie Henri

Date of birth:
March 21st, 1925 (Châteauroux, France)
Date of death:
April 29th, 1997 (Annecy, France)
Nationality:
French

Biography

1942-43 : served in the LVF as Feldwebel then Oberfeldwebel
September 1944 : transfered to the Waffen SS as SS Oberscharführer in the 1.Kie Waffen Gren Reg der SS Nr. 58
25 February 1945: SS Junker and platoon leader encircled near Elsenau forced his way back to the German lines
March 1945 : repositioned northward of Schlawe and promoted SS Standarten Oberjunker
April 1945 : WIA, his leg was amputated in a British Lazarett in North of Germany just after the end of the war
1959 : published in the newspaper L'Europe réelle one article about the Bad Reichenhall drama under the name of Jacques Henry

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
7. Kompanie, Infanterie Regiment 638, LVF
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Infanterie Regiment 638, LVF
Awarded on:
1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Standarten Oberjunker
Unit:
1. Kompanie, Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS Nr.58, 33. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Charlemagne'
Awarded on:
March 1945
1 arm amputated
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

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