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Ahrens, Friedrich (Artillerie-Regiment 193)

Date of birth:
May 6th, 1916 (Brokstedt/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:
May 7th, 1945 (Kriegs-Lazarett 903)
Buried on:
German War Graves Copenhagen-Bispebjerg
Plot: 8. Row: 19. Grave: 2077.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

28.08.1939-13.06.1940: A.V.T., I./ Art.Reg.66
14.06.1940-10.12.1940: Batterie-Offizier, I./ Art.Reg.66
11.12.1940-28.02.1942: N.O., I./ Art.Reg.30
01.03.1942-19.06.1942: Olt, Batterie-Führer, 3./ Art.Ers.Abt.30
20.06.1942-04.01.1944: Olt, Batterie-Chef, 1./ Art.Reg. 66
01.03.1943: promoted to Hauptmann (124v)
05.01.1944-20.04.1944: Sonderführer-Reserve OKH, Lehrst. I
21.04.1944-08.05.1944: Führer-Reserve Heeresgruppe Nord
09.05.1944: Kdr, III./ Art.Reg.193
07.05.1945: Major Friedrich Ahrens DOW in the Kriegs-Lazarett 903, near Copenhagen, Denmark

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 4th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 13th, 1940
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 4th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 19th, 1942
(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, III. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 193, 93. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 17th, 1944
For an action near Opotschka on 13th June 1944

3724th Award.
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres

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