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Eichert, Werner

Date of birth:
December 18th, 1913 (Nekla, Schroda district, Posen, Germany)
Date of death:
August 1st, 1943 (Ssneshnoje, Mius, Ukraine)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Grave: UNK.
Service number:
SS Nr.: 37.430 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.268.860
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.09.1934-14.04.1935: LSSAH
01.11.1934-31.03.1935: Führeranwärterlehrgang LSSAH
15.04.1935-15.02.1937: V. SS-Totenkopf-Verband 'Brandenburg' - Oranienburg
16.02.1937-00.10.1939: Stab I./ SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 'Thüringen'
00.10.1939-30.11.1939: 9./ SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3, SS-Totenkopf-Division
01.12.1939-03.05.1940: II./ SS-Totenkopf-Regiment 12 - Litzmannstadt
20.04.1940: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
05.05.1940: SS-Totenkopf-Ersatz-Bataillon III
25.08.1941: SS-Totenkopf-Division
00.01.1942: 1. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Kradschützen-Bataillon, SS-Totenkopf-Division - Staraja Russa
12.01.1942: Lipowizy, 5km East of Staraja Russa
15.01.1942: WIA at the shoulder
17.07.1942: fightings in Bol. Dubowizy and Rykalovo
01.03.1943: Stepanovka
21.06.1943: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer
01.08.1943: KIA in the Mius region as Kdr, 3./ SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Chef, 2. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Kradschützen-Regiment 'Thule', 3. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division 'Totenkopf'
Awarded on:
April 14th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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