Claude Henri Maurice Barrès (22 March 1925 – 26 May 1959) was a decorated French Army officer who served in World War II, the First Indochina War, the Korean War and the Algerian War.

He joined the Free French Forces in England during World War II at the age of seventeen as a paratrooper in the SAS.

He was killed while leading his company, the 5th Company of the 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment, at Djebel Harraba near the Algerian-Tunisian border.

[2][3] He received thirteen citations during his career.

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