Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny

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Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny was a French Army officer and the only son of Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, killed in action during the First Indochina War and later symbolizing the sacrifice of France’s postwar generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Army officer
human
awardReceived Croix de Guerre
surface form: Croix de Guerre 1939–1945

Croix de Guerre
surface form: Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieures

Légion d'honneur
surface form: Légion d’honneur
battle Battle of Ninh Binh
buriedAt France
Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Vendée
causeOfDeath killed in action
commemoratedAs symbol of the youth of France fallen in Indochina
commemoratedBy French Army ceremonies in Indochina
conflict First Indochina War
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1928-02-11
dateOfDeath 1951-05-30
deathContext French Union forces in Indochina
educatedAt Collège Stanislas de Paris
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
era post–World War II
ethnicGroup French
family de Lattre de Tassigny family
father Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
gender male
hasMemorial commemorative plaque in Ninh Binh
Mouilleron-en-Pareds
surface form: memorial at Mouilleron-en-Pareds
hasOccupation soldier
mannerOfDeath killed in action
militaryAllegiance French Fourth Republic
militaryBranch French Army
mother Simone de Lattre de Tassigny
name Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny self-link
nativeLanguage French
notableFor being the only son of Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
death in the First Indochina War
onlyChildOf Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Simone de Lattre de Tassigny
placeOfBirth France
Paris
placeOfDeath Ninh Binh Province
surface form: Ninh Binh

Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
positionHeld officer in the French Army
posthumousAward Légion d'honneur
surface form: Légion d’honneur
rank lieutenant
religion Roman Catholicism
servedUnder Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
symbolizes sacrifice of France’s postwar generation
theatreOfOperations Red River Delta
Tonkin

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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny child Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny
Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny name Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny self-link