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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.

Grid List
Kailao, André* January 1st, 1918
† September 3rd, 1965

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Kaiser, Arthur* July 6th, 1923
† November 18th, 2014

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Kaiser, Arthur W. (US-Army)* May 26th, 1920
† August 14th, 1944
Plot: H Grave: 7858

Kalpas, Rajmund* January 20th, 1918
† June 1st, 1940
Plot: D Row: 4 Grave: 24

Kamienski, Jan "Frant"* June 17th, 1906
† May 29th, 1987

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Kaouza, Maurice* April 2nd, 1911
† September 28th, 1986

Karcher, Henri* October 26th, 1908
† July 31st, 1983

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Kaskoreff, Robert* June 1st, 1909
† February 13th, 1988

Kasperski, Wlodzimierz* March 5th, 1894
† September 7th, 1960

Kayser, Marie-Thérèse "Micky"* March 5th, 1928
† December 6th, 2020

Keating, Frank Augustus* February 4th, 1895
† April 28th, 1973

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Keefer, George Clinton* July 11th, 1921
† January 1985

Keij-Alta, Johanna Marie "Joke"* February 28th, 1921
† February 28th, 2000

Keller, Charles, Jr.* October 20th, 1908
† April 10th, 1996

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Keprt, Joseph* June 28th, 1910
† July 26th, 1976

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Kerléo, Jean* April 3rd, 1909
† December 23rd, 1950

Kerley, Ralph A.* June 1st, 1917
† March 22nd, 1967

Keun, Gerald Philip George "Kane"* August 10th, 1911
† September 9th, 1944

Keyes, Geoffry Charles Tasker* May 18th, 1917
† November 18th, 1941
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 5

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Khudyakov, Sergei Aleksandrovich* January 7th, 1902
† April 18th, 1950

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Kieffer, Charles* December 15th, 1903
† September 28th, 1987

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Kieffer, Philippe* October 24th, 1899
† November 20th, 1962

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Kientz, André* September 24th, 1896
† June 27th, 1962

Kierwiak, Czeslaw* February 27th, 1913

King, Ernest Joseph "Ernie"* November 23rd, 1878
† June 25th, 1956

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Kingman, Allen Frederick* December 18th, 1893
† August 1st, 1988

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Kirmann, Auguste* December 4th, 1907
† April 18th, 1995

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Kirsch, Henry* November 15th, 1912
† January 11th, 1997

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Kjelstrup, Arne* October 30th, 1913
† May 5th, 1995

Kleinmann, Louis Théodore* July 21st, 1907
† July 14th, 1979

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Kobylinski, Tadeusz* September 16th, 1914
† November 11th, 1961

Kocsis, Imre* November 3rd, 1910
† December 3rd, 1944

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Koenig, Marie-Pierre Joseph François* October 10th, 1898
† September 2nd, 1970

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Koenigswarter, de, Jules* March 7th, 1904
† February 15th, 1995

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Kohan, Albert* September 13th, 1886
† December 17th, 1943
Plot: 29 Row: F Grave: 11

Koli, Yorgui* January 8th, 1896
† July 17th, 1970

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Kollen, Marcel* September 14th, 1912
† June 1st, 1942

Koné, Nouhoum* February 16th, 1909
† September 30th, 1988

Kontrym, Boleslaw "Zmudzin"* August 27th, 1898
† January 20th, 1953

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Kopanski, Stanislaw* May 19th, 1895
† March 23rd, 1976

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Kosseyo, Dominique* 1919
† March 9th, 1994

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Koudoukou, Georges* 1894
† June 15th, 1942

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Koudoussaragne, Paul* January 1st, 1920
† May 10th, 1973

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Krementchousky, Alexandre* April 2nd, 1905
† March 31st, 1979

Krol, Waclaw Szczepan* December 25th, 1915
† June 15th, 1991
Plot: C30 Row: X Grave: 32

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Kruls, Hendrik Johan* August 1st, 1902
† December 13th, 1975

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Kubiš, Jan* June 24th, 1913
† June 18th, 1942

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Kuttelwascher, Karel Miroslav* September 23rd, 1916
† August 17th, 1959

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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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