Cossard, Jean
- Date of birth:
- 1922 (Marseille, France)
- Date of death:
- April 26th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
- Nationality:
- French
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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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1. Zug, 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- June 1942
Croix de Guerre L.V. F. (Vichy)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1. Zug, 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- June 1942
With 1 star
Médaille des blessés de guerre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1. Zug, 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- June 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1. Zug, 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- June 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 8. Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade "Frankreich", 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne". Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- August 1944
Sources
- - Stephane Kayser
- Waffen-SS Francais, Grégory Bouysse
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