Getting out of oblivion the places and the people who had participated in this painful page of French history.
DUDON Bernard
Sergeant DUDON Bernard.
- Killed to the enemy on 17 May 1940,
at the crossroads:
rue des Rochettes - rue de Cocréaumont
place says: "Plain Emelot."
in
Saint-Michel
(Aisne).
Sheet 015.1
THREE DAYS TO SAVE HONOUR
SAINT-MICHELLOISE ASSOCIATION OF MEMORY OF MAY 1940
Fighting on 16, 17 and 18 May 1940
FORGOTTEN FIGHTS
A WAR BETWEEN EUROPEANS IS A CIVIL WAR. (Victor Hugo)
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INDIVIDUAL SHEET
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Sergeant DUDON Bernard
Based on information provided
by the Historical Defence Service in Vincennes, the Central Bureau of the Military Archives of Pau, the communes of origin and, for some, the families that could be found.
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War: 1939-1945 - Date of death: May 17, 1940 - Place of death: Saint-Michel (Aisne) -
- Born on 21/08/1916 in Bergerac (Dordogne).
son of Leo and Eugenie, Josephine, Marguerite, Marie CLERGET de Saint-Léger.
- Volunteer for five (5) years from 14 October 1935 under the 502nd Combat Tank Regiment.
- Appointed Corporal on May 13, 1936.
- Appointed Master Corporal on November 16, 1936.
- Assigned to the 5th company on October 22, 1937.
- Assigned to the 6th company on April 4, 1938.
Assigned to the 4th company on July 7, 1938.
- Posted to the Compagnie Hors Rang on December 5, 1938.
- Posted to G.B.C. 518 on 2 September 1939.
- Assigned to the 32nd Battalion, to the armies on September 17, 1939.
- Appointed sergeant on 1 April 1940.
- Assigned to the 3rd company on April 13, 1940.
« Plain Émelot »
- Killed to the enemy on 17 May 1940,
at the crossroads: rue des Rochettes - rue de Cocréaumont
place says: "Plain Emelot."
in Saint-Michel (Aisne).
.Corps returned to the family on 08 July 1948.
- Buried in the cemetery of Pessac on Dordogne (Gironde).
DECORATIONS:
- Cross of war 1939-1945 with star of Vermeil with the citation to the order of the Corps of Army of the General of Corps of Army, Secretary of State for Defense, order n ° 1653:
"Non-commissioned officer, tank leader, very brave, on May 17, 1940, in the forest of Saint-Michel was killed while carrying with his tank to the attack of an enemy motorized detachment."
- Posthumous Military Medal by Decree No 1472 of 8 June 1944.
CAMPAIGNS:
- Interior from 2 to 16 September 1939 (simple campaign).
- To the Armies from 17 September 1939 to 16 May 1940 (double campaign).
"Death for France."
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"Together on the Paths of Memory"
