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Gaitars, Rudolfs

Date of birth:
May 29th, 1907 (Penkule Parish, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
March 22nd, 1945 (Zante Parish, Latvia)
Nationality:
Latvian (1941-1945, Reichskommissariat Osland)

Biography

SS-Obersturmführer Rudolfs Gaitars served in the 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Waffen-Untersturmführer
Unit:
11. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Freiwillige-Grenadier-Regiment 39 (lett. Nr.1), 19. Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Division, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
May 11th, 1944

Unit written in Patzwall / Scherzer as SS-Freiwillige-Grenadier-Regiment 42.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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