Gagneron, Jacques Marie Henri
- Date of birth:
- March 21st, 1925 (Châteauroux, France)
- Date of death:
- April 29th, 1997 (Annecy, France)
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
1942-43 : served in the LVF as Feldwebel then Oberfeldwebel
September 1944 : transfered to the Waffen SS as SS Oberscharführer in the 1.Kie Waffen Gren Reg der SS Nr. 58
25 February 1945: SS Junker and platoon leader encircled near Elsenau forced his way back to the German lines
March 1945 : repositioned northward of Schlawe and promoted SS Standarten Oberjunker
April 1945 : WIA, his leg was amputated in a British Lazarett in North of Germany just after the end of the war
1959 : published in the newspaper L'Europe réelle one article about the Bad Reichenhall drama under the name of Jacques Henry
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Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 7. Kompanie, Infanterie Regiment 638, LVF
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Infanterie Regiment 638, LVF
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS Standarten Oberjunker
- Unit:
- 1. Kompanie, Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS Nr.58, 33. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Charlemagne'
- Awarded on:
- April 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS Standarten Oberjunker
- Unit:
- 1. Kompanie, Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS Nr.58, 33. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Charlemagne'
- Awarded on:
- March 1945
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