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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 RIFFAUT Léon

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 December 1919 in LOUBERT (Charente)

son of Louis and Marie JOUQUET.

- Volunteered for "three years" on February 22, 1938 to the Military Stewardship of Angoulême under the 502nd Combat Tank Regiment.

- Arrived at the body on February 23, 1938.

- Appointed Corporal on April 7, 1939.

- Assigned to Light Tank Battalion No. 32 on September 2, 1939.

- Appointed Master Corporal on December 1, 1939.

- Participated in the Belgian operations on 13 May 1940

- Killed to the enemy on 17 May 1940,

crossroads: "rue des Rochettes - rue du Moulin."

Saint-Michel

(Aisne).

- Body returned to the family on 8 July 1948.

- Declared sergeant on his death certificate.

"Death for France."

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See:

"Together on the Paths of Memory"