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Monnheimer, Heinz

Date of birth:
February 25th, 1922
Date of death:
March 27th, 2016
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

5 years soldier under the edelweiss and then 5 years prisoner of war in a mine in Russia.

As a member of the Army Mountain Pioneer Battalion 74, he experienced the war as a storm pioneer, always at the focal points. His stations included the Maginot Line, the Caucasus, the Black Sea, Kharkov or Tarnopol and Slovakia in 1945.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen (ohne zahlen), I.Stufe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 3rd, 1945
Nahkampfspange in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant d.R.
Unit:
3./Heeres-Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 74
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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