serviceyears country branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance name battles birth_date rank article_title birth_name
1946-1961 france french foreign legion foreign airborne 1st foreign parachute regiment -lrb- 1e rep -rrb- 1961 26 august 2013 la garde-adhémar , france bordeaux , france france hélie de saint marc world war algiers putsch of 1961 war ii first indochina war suez crisis algerian 11 february 1922 commandant hélie de saint marc
 hélie denoix de saint marc
hélie de saint marc

hélie denoix de saint marc or hélie de saint marc , -lrb- 11 february 1922 -- 26 august 2013 -rrb- was a senior member of the french resistance and a senior active officer of the french army , having served in the french foreign legion , in particular at the heart and corps of the foreign airborne battalions and regiments ; today 's 2nd foreign parachute regiment part of the constituents of the 11th parachute brigade .
commandant by interim of the 1st foreign parachute regiment -lrb- disbanded in 1961 -rrb- , hélie assumed full responsibility for commanding exclusively his regiment towards the generals ' putsch in april 1961 and would be charged for such action while also distancing accusations that would compromise the integrity of the men acting under his direct orders of command .
he was rehabilitated within his civilian and military rights in 1978 and lifted to the dignity of the grand-croix of the legion of honor on 28 november 2011 .
