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Ried, Franz

Date of birth:
August 25th, 1921 (Schiltberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
April 4th, 2002 (Aichach/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 14th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 4th, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
December 7th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Ordonnanz-Offizer, III. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1945
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
April 1945

Ried belongs to a group of military who have credible been proven to have received the DKiG. The list of these persons was published in the addendum of the 2nd Print of the book of Horts Scheibert, 1992.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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