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| Name: | Hector Eugene Joseph Garaud | Country: | France | Rank: | Sous Lieutenant | Service: | French Air Service | Squadrons: | V97; Spa38 | Victories: | 13 | Born: | 27 August 1897 | Place of Birth: | Saint Antoine | Died: | 2 April 1940 |  | Place of Death: | |
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| | Garaud entered the French Air Service in 1915 and became a pilot the following year. During the war, he accumulated 495 hours of flight time. On 26 March 1918, he was wounded when a bullet passed through his right lung. He was wounded again on 3 October 1918 when a fragment from an exploding shell hit him in the face. |
| Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| "Pursuit pilot beyond compare, he has downed eleven enemy planes. He was seriously wounded after having downed his 12th plane." Légion d'Honneur citation |
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