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Émile RENAULT

Émile, Marie, Léon RENAULT

Birth

08/12/1921

Pléneuf-Val-André
(22 - Côtes-du-Nord)

Death

06/06/1944

Ouistreham
(14 - Calvados)

22

years old

age at death

Place of burial

Buried at Hermanville-sur-Mer British Military Cemetery (14 – Calvados).

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Job before the war

Job after the war

France Libre (Free French)

Engagement date :

13/04/1942

Matricule :

203FN42

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1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos

Service duration

Engagement date :

24/04/1943

Release date :

06/06/1944

409

days

Assigned troop

Troop 1

Rank upon leaving the battalion

Private

Missions

D-Day landings
Normandy Campaign

Raids

Badge(s)

55

Injury(ies)

Hit in the chest by an anti-tank shell on Pasteur Street in Ouistreham.

Died for France

Decorations and Citations

Decorations

Citations

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