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Graun, Friedrich-Wilhelm (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
March 11th, 1916 (Walsrode/Province of Hanover, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 309.419 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
?: SS-Mann;
?: SS-Obersturmführer.

Career:
October 1935: 12. Kompanie, SS-Standarte "Germania";
1941: Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 4 "Ostmark";
December 1941: Chef, 12. Kompanie, SS-Infanterie-Regiment 4;
1943: Kommandeur, Stabsbatterie, SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2;
November 1943: Chef, 1. Batterie, SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 4 "Ostmark"
Awarded on:
January 20th, 1941
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
October 20th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 1. Schwadron, SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
September 16th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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