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Cossard, Jean

Date of birth:
1922 (Marseille, France)
Date of death:
April 26th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

CAREER
1941 : enter the I.Zug 10.Kie IR 638 - LVF as a corporal
02nd June 1942 : severely WIA in the face during anti-partisan fightings
November 1943 : enter the Waffen SS
January to February 1944 : SS NCO course in Posen-Treskau
March 1944 : fightings in Galicia as Unterscharführer in the franz. SS Strumbrigade Frankreich
10th August 1944 : WIA and evacuated
November 1944 to April 1945 : sent to the SS officer course in the SS Panzergrenadierschule in Kienschlag
14th April 1945 : appointed to the reorganized 33.SS Div Charlemagne as Standarten Oberjunker
April 1945 : sent to Berlin as deputy commander of the 1.Kie SS Sturmbataillon
26th April 1945 : KIA during the fightings in Berlin

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
1. Zug, 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
Awarded on:
June 1942
For merit in operations against partisans.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Sources

  • - Stephane Kayser
    - Waffen-SS Francais, Grégory Bouysse

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