Jean BOUILLY
Jean, Julien BOUILLY
Birth
15/08/1924
Havre
(76 - Seine-Inférieure)
Death
02/02/2001
Aix-en-Provence
(13 - Bouches-du-Rhône)
76
years old
age at death
Job before the war
Merchant sailor
Job after the war
Prospector at the Atomic Energy Commission
France Libre (Free French)
Engagement date :
19/06/1941
Matricule :
5385FN41
1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos
Service duration
Engagement date :
28/10/1942
Release date :
19/11/1945
1118
days
Assigned troop
Troop 1
Rank upon leaving the battalion
Private
Missions
D-Day landings
Normandy Campaign
Landing at Flushing
Netherlands Campaign
Raids
Badge(s)
176
Injury(ies)
Decorations and Citations
Decorations
Médaille Militaire
Chevalier à l'Ordre National du Mérite
Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with 1 palm and 1 bronze star
Médaille de la Résistance
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1939-1945
Fourragère de la Croix de Guerre (corvette Roselys) (individual award)
Foreign decoration (Russian):
- Médaille des « 40 ans de la Victoire dans la Grande Guerre Nationale 1941/1945 » (decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 12 April 1985)
- Médaille des « 50 ans de la Victoire dans la Grande Guerre Nationale 1941/1945 »
Citations
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