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Date of birth:
January 2nd, 1914 (Plauen/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
September 22nd, 1999 (Starnberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
1st August 1940: Gefreiter;
1st August 1941: Obergefreiter;
1st September 1941: Sanitäter-Unteroffizier;
1st May 1943: Sanitäter-Feldwebel.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:
268.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
Panzerjäger und Aufklärungsabteilung 268 / 268.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
March 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sanitäter-Unteroffizier
Unit:
Panzerjäger und Aufklärungsabteilung 268 / 268.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
July 15th, 1941
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sanitäter-Unteroffizier
Unit:
Schnelle-Abteilung 268 / 268.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1942
(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sanitäter-Unteroffizier
Unit:
268.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
March 30th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
Aufklärungs-Schwadron / Divisions-Bataillon 268
Awarded on:
October 30th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Sources

  • Photo 1: Rik van Velzen
  • Photo: Soldbuch
  • - Verleihungsoorkonde, Soldbuch by Rik van Velzen
    - Stadesamt Plauen

Photo