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Le Guennec de Kerigant, Georges

Date of birth:
September 19th, 1918
Nationality:
French

Biography

00.01.1943: joined the LVF
26.07.1943: aspirant, sent to Russia
00.08.1943: Stab Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
00.09.1943: Zugführer, I. Zug, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
00.10.1943: promoted to sous-lieutenant
00.11.1943-00.07.1944: Zugführer, I. Zug, 10. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
01.09.1944: promoted to Waffen-Untersturmführer der SS
appointed to the Französische SS-Grenadier-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Bataillon

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
11. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF, 286. Sicherungs-Division
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1944
awarded for a successful attack conducted 22km north-east of Tolotschin against a group of partisans, killing 11 partisans of them.

signed by Generalmajor Ochsner, 286. Sicherungs-Division
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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