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Göttfried, Franz

Date of birth:
November 14th, 1919 (St. Peter, Judenburg, Styria, Austria)
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

1937: joined SS-Standarte 'Deutschland' in Munich
05.1940: SS-Sturmmann - 1./ Pz.Gren.Reg.4
1943: SS-Hauptscharführer
09.11.1944: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
1944: SS-Untersturmführer - 3./ Aufkl.Abt.9, 9. SS Panzer-Division 'Hohenstaufen'

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9, 9. SS Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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