I don't mean to sound morbid or disrespectfull but I was just wondering what happens to fallen soldiers? Are they laid to rest in France or do they get transported back to their home countries for their families to lay them to rest?
I don't mean to sound morbid or disrespectfull but I was just wondering what happens to fallen soldiers? Are they laid to rest in France or do they get transported back to their home countries for their families to lay them to rest?
It depends. If the fallen legionnaire's family asks to recover the body, there will be a military funeral (where the family is invited) and then the body is sent back to his home country and taken care of privately there by the family. This has happened recently with those KIA in Afghanistan.
If nobody claims the body, the legionnaire will be most probably buried in a Legion cemetary (like in 2ème REP) or in one of the civilian graveyards that have a special section reserved for the dead legionnaires called (carré Légion).
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Soltario (29th June 2012), the Hermit (26th June 2012), Tonyus (26th June 2012)
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