1er Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes, 1er BEP - I, II, III Formations - The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, (1er BEP, I formation) was created on July 1, 1948 at Khamisis, in Algeria.

[1] The 1er BEP embarks in Indochina on November 12 and is engaged in combat operations in the Tonkin.

[1] Segrétain was fatally wounded while leading the BEP during the Battle of Route Coloniale 4.

The battalion dissolved on December 31, 1950; is reconstituted on March 1, 1951 (1er BEP, II formation) and is seen participating excessively in combat operations at Cho Ben, on the black river and at Annam.

[1] The 1er BEP totals 5 citations at the orders of the armed forces and the fourragère of the colors of the Médaille militaire.