Pierre-Charles Lochet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Châlons-en-Champagne, Grand Est, France
About Pierre-Charles Lochet
- Pierre-Charles Lochet (1767 – 1807) was a brigadier general of the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte. Born in Châlons-en-Champagne on 24 February 1767, he was attracted to the profession of arms, and he enlisted in the Queen's regiment in 1784.
- In 1789, at the outbreak of the French Revolution, he left the Queen's service. By 1792, he was a captain of the second battalion of volunteers of the Marne.
- He was promoted to commander of the 94th demi-brigade in 1794.
- He served in the Army of the Danube in southwestern Germany in 1799 and 1800.
- In 1803 he was brigadier general.
- He fought at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 at the head of a brigade of the Grand Army, and at the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt the following year. He was killed by a bullet in the head at the Battle of Eylau on 7 February 1807 and is buried there.
- His is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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