Hélie de Saint Marc

Hélie de Saint Marc
Hélie de Saint Marc
Birth name	Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc
Born	11 February 1922; Bordeaux, France
Died	26 August 2013 (aged 91); La Garde-Adhémar, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Foreign Legion; Foreign Airborne
Years of service	1946–1961
Rank	Commandant, Chef de Bataillon
Unit	3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment; 3e REI; 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion; 1e BEP; 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion; 2e BEP; Legion Indochinese Parachute Company ; 2e CIPLE; 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment; 1er R.E.P; 10th Parachute Division ; 10e DP
Commands held	1st Foreign Parachute Regiment; 1er R.E.P
Battles/wars	World War II; First Indochina War; Suez Crisis; Algerian War

Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc or Hélie de Saint Marc, (11 February 1922 – 26 August 2013) 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, the heirs of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2^ème REP, a part constituent of the 11th Parachute Brigade. Commandant by interim of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1^er REP (disbanded in 1961), 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 awarded the high distinction of the Grand-Croix of the Legion of Honor on 28 November 2011.

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