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Dieterichs, August

    Date of birth:
    June 29th, 1903 (Cheinitz/Saxony, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    From 1922 until 1934 in the Reichswehr.
    Entered the SS-Leibstandarte on October 1st 1934.
    October 3rd 1934: Untersturmführer Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and Zugführer Nachrichten-Kompanie
    September 1st 1935: Oberstrurmführer LAH.
    September 1st 1938: Hauptsturmführer LAH Kompanieführer 8 MG Kompanie.
    November 1st 1939: 10.SS-Infanterie-Regiment.
    August 1st 1941: Battaillonsführer I. / SS-Infanterie-Regiment 10.
    January 30th 1943: Sturmbannführer 1.SS-Grenadier-Brigade.
    November 30th 1943: 16. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS.
    June 1st 1944: Begleitbataillon Reichsführer-SS.
    November 9th 1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Sturmbannführer
    Unit:
    SS-Grenadier-Regiment 38
    Awarded on:
    December 15th, 1943
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

    Sources

    • Photo 1: Bernd Dieterichs
    • Photo: August Dieterichs archives
    • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
      - August Dieterichs archives
      - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001

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