Gaitars, Rudolfs
- Date of birth:
- May 29th, 1907 (Penkule Parish, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- March 22nd, 1945 (Zante Parish, Latvia)
- Nationality:
- Latvian
Biography
SS-Obersturmführer Rudolfs Gaitars served in the 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2).
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- 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.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Public domain
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Let's Build the Latvian Legion
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