SAS Renkin, Paul Maurice Jules Gaston

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Renkin ​

• FORENAME

Paul Maurice Jules Gaston​

• UNIT

5 SAS (B Troop) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

9370 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

31st December 1944 ​

• AGE

29​

• GRAVESITE

Boncelles Military Cemetery, Seraing, Liege, Belgium​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Belgian Independent Parachute Company​

born 19.11.1915, Brussels, Belgium​

award "Military Cross, with Palm" 1940​

Op.Regent - KIA Bure, Belgium ​

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During the Battle of the Bulge, while commanding a unit of armoured jeeps in the area of Bure (Luxembourg, Belgium), his vehicle was hit by a German anti-tank gun. Paul Renkin, his driver Claude Hennequin de Villermont and gunner Emile Lorphevre were killed.​