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Lelongt, Max Ferdinand

Date of birth:
June 16th, 1886 (Paris - France)
Date of death:
January 10th, 1963 (Nice - France)
Nationality:
French

Biography

1914-1918: served with the 17e Bataillon de Chasseurs ŕ Pied
1920: doctor in Nice
1938: promoted to commandant de réserve (major)
12.1941: entered the LVF as commandant - chief med. officer of the III./ IR.638
09.1944: transferred to the Waffen-SS as SS-Sturmbannführer and IVb - Div. 'Charlemagne'
21.03.1946: sentenced by the tribunal in Grasse to 20 years of forced labour

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
IR. 638 - LVF
Awarded on:
1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Commandant
Unit:
IVb, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF, 286. Sicherungs-Division
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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