Pierre-Charles Lochet
Pierre-Charles Lochet (1767–1807) was a brigadier general of the
Napoleon Bonaparte
.
Born in Châlons-en-Champagne on 24[1] 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
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.
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.