Jean Thurel

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Jean Thurel
Jean Thurel, fusilier of the Touraine Regiment at 89 years of age. His three Médaillon Des Deux Épées medals and his Légion d'Honneur medal are visible in this 1788 portrait by Antoine Vestier, which was modified in 1804 to include the Légion d'Honneur.
Nickname(s)	The oldest soldier of Europe
Born	(1698-09-06)6 September 1698 Orain, Burgundy, France
Died	10 March 1807(1807-03-10) (aged 108) Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France  Kingdom of the French  French First Republic  First French Empire
Service / branch	Infantry
Years of service	17 September 1716 – 29 January 1792 (75 years, 4 months)[1]
Rank	Soldat
Unit	Touraine Regiment
Battles / wars	War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War
Awards	Médaillon Des Deux Épées (3)[2] Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Jean Thurel, or Jean Theurel (French pronunciation: [tyʁɛl]; 6 September 1698 – 10 March 1807),^[3] was a fusilier of the French Army and a centenarian with an extraordinarily long career that spanned over 75 years of service in the Touraine Regiment. Born in the reign of Louis XIV and dying during that of Napoleon I, Thurel lived in three different centuries.