SAS Rosset-Cournand, Pierre

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Rosset-Cournand
  • FORENAME
Pierre
  • UNIT
3 SAS (2 Squadron)
  • RANK
Sous Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
  • DATE OF DEATH
15th September 1944
  • AGE
20
  • GRAVESITE
buried Abbenans,Dubs,France
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 3 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes
born 2.6.1924 Johannesburg,South Africa
father died 1925 and mother remarried Andre Cournand (Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine)
emigrated to U.S.A. age 10
educated Lycee Francais,New York
educated Phillips Academy,Andover,Massachusetts
educated Harvard University
joined Free French Forces at Fort Benning April 1943
U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
3 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes 6.5.1944 (Aspirant)
3 SAS (2 Squadron) 1944
awards
Compagnon de la Liberation,Medaille Militaire,Croix de Guerre
Op.Derry
Op.Abel - KIA Geney,France
SAS War Memorial,Sennecey-le-Grand,France
 
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