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Vaulot, Eugène 'Gégène' (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
June 1st, 1923 (Paris, XIIIe, France)
Date of death:
May 2nd, 1945 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

00.07.1941: joined the LVF, Légion des Volontaires Français contre le bolchévisme - fighting at Lake Djukovo
00.00.1942: Gefreiter, 1. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF - Eastern front
00.05.1943: anti-partisan operations region Denissowitschi
00.00.1943: Obergefreiter, WIA, evacuated to a Lazarett
00.00.1944: Unteroffizier, joined the III. Zug, 4. Kompanie, 28. Schiffstammabteilung, Kriegsmarine
00.09.1944: Waffen-Unterscharführer, joined the Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne" formed out of the remnants of the LVF and the French SS-Sturmbrigade
00.02.1945: Waffen-Uscha, Zugführer, SS-Kampfschule, Stabskompanie, 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS 'Charlemagne' (französische Nr.1)
25.02.1945: fightings at battles for Elsenau, Pomerania and Kolberg, Hammerstein / Czarne, Pomerania
00.02.1945:Waffen-Uscha, SS-Kampfgruppe 'Krukenberg', evacuated from the coast by the German Navy to Denmark and later sent to Neustrelitz for refitting
00.04.1945: SS-Sturmbataillon "Charlemagne" - fightings in Berlin
28.04.1945: destroyed 2 Soviet tanks in the Neukölln sector
29.04.1945: destroyed 4 Soviet tanks with Panzerfaust at Wilhelmstrasse near the Führerbunker during the fightings around the Reich Chancellery, Berlin
29.04.1945: nominated to the RK by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
01.05.1945: awarded the RK by SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg
01.05.1945-02.05.1945: KIA by a Soviet sniper during the battle of Berlin

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:
1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:
1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
Awarded on:
1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Croix de Guerre L.V. F. (Vichy)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sergent (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
Awarded on:
March 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1945
for having destroyed 1 T34
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1945
for having destroyed 1 KV1
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Waffen-Unterscharführer
Unit:
Zugführer, Kampfschule, Ehrenkompanie, 33. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division 'Charlemagne'
Awarded on:
March 1945
For his "fearless and dynamic conduct" - having destroyed 1 T34 and 1 KV1 during the battle of Pomerania
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1945
according different sources destroyed a total of 8 Soviet tanks in Pomerania and/or during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1945
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Waffen-Unterscharführer
Unit:
Gruppenführer, 33. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "Charlemagne" (französische Nr. 1),
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1945

Decoration presented by SS-Brigadeführer Mohnke in the Reichs Kanzlerei between 20th and 30th April 1945. Awarding has been established through rersearch by the Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger. Of the awarding is no evidence in the Bundesarchiv.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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