Harry Gould, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, will be presented with the Legion d'Honneur by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Mr Gould served with the Royal Army Service Corps and was involved in the transportation of supplies to troops.
The charity that helped him apply said Mr Gould had been unaware he was eligible until told over a cup of tea.
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Mr Gould said he had been 18 years old when he landed at Arromanches, in Normandy.
"We had to come off the landing crafts. There were thousands of [men] just dead on the ground.
"The cargo we were carrying was mainly fresh water, ammunition and food.
"The water was important because the water in in Normandy had been polluted by the Germans."
Later, as Mr Gould was travelling in convoy, the two wagons in front of him exploded after being hit by aircraft fire.
"It made you feel terrible, but you had to keep going," he said.
He said he had been overwhelmed when learning he was eligible to receive the medal.
"It's like having an OBE in this country," he said.
Geoff Harriman, chairman of Tri Services and Veterans Support Centre, helped Mr Gould apply for the honour.
"Through conversations over a cup of tea, we found out Harry took part in the D-Day landings," he said.
"We knew the French government were awarding medals, so we applied on his behalf.
"It's France's highest award to non-French nationals. It's a way of saying thank you for assisting in the liberation of France."

Education Secretary Kirsty Williams wants to increase the Welsh Pupil Premium from Â£300 to Â£600 per eligible child to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.
Ms Williams is the sole Liberal Democrat in a coalition with Labour.
Meanwhile, Welsh party leader Mark Williams said parties should work together against the Tories.
Ahead of Sunday's speeches in Brighton, the party's sole Welsh MP and leader in the country, Ceredigion's Mark Williams, defended Ms Williams' decision to join the Welsh Labour cabinet in May.
The Ceredigion MP told Sunday Politics Wales the Brecon and Radnorshire AM was taking Liberal Democrat "themes and priorities" into government "very effectively" as education secretary.
He also urged opposition parties to work together against the Tories, saying there was a case for "progressive politicians" to talk about "issues of common interest".
He was left as the only Welsh Liberal Democrat MP after the party's disastrous 2015 general election, with Ms Williams its sole AM after a 2016 assembly poll he said was "arguably worse".
"At this point in time, with boundary changes which massively support and encourage the Conservative Party electorally in the future, I think there is a case for politicians to be talking," he said.
"What I would loosely describe as progressive politicians to be talking about issues of common interest."
Mr Williams said politicians had campaigned across party lines for a Remain vote in June's EU referendum, albeit unsuccessfully.
"There was a positive in the referendum, even for those of us that lost it, in that progressive politicians were working together on a really important issue," he said.
"And I think that dialogue should be extended on other areas of policies as well - otherwise we have the spectre of Conservatism in power in Westminster for a very long time."
A 91-year-old former soldier has been awarded one of France's highest honours for his role in the D-Day landings.
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