Schmekel, Heinz

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Date of birth:: September 27th, 1916 (Theißen-Streckau/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: June 6th, 1944 (near Jassy, Romania)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Heinz Schmekel was posthumously promoted ot Oberleutnant der Reserve.

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: Führer I. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108
Awarded on:: July 27th, 1944

Awarded posthumously.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.

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