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Schrott, Karl Heinz (SS-Pz-Gren.Reg.25)

Date of birth:
October 9th, 1914 (Rastenberg, Thüringen)
Date of death:
September 3rd, 1944 (Philippeville, Namur, Belgium)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Lommel
Plot: 59. Grave: 188.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 265.366 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
00.08.1934: SS-Mann
00.00.1940: SS-Unterscharführer
00.05.1941: SS-Oberscharführer
21.06.1942: SS-Untersturmführer d.R.
20.04.1943: SS-Obersturmführer d.R.
20.04.1944: SS-Hauptsturmführer d.R.

Career:
01.08.1934: SS-Mann, 1. Kompanie, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
01.08.1934-17.10.1934: Ausbildungs-Kompanie, Juterbog
05.04.1937: training platoon instructor
00.00.1938: SS-Uscha, motor transport company
00.11.1940-00.05.1941: SS-Oscha, Zugführer, II. Zug, 1., Kompanie, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
00.10.1942-00.00.1943: Zugführer, Rekruten Zug, 1./ SS-Inf.Reg. 1, 1. SS-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
12.02.1943: WIA
00.04.1943-00.00.1944: SS-Ostuf, Zugführer, 1./ I./ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1, 1. SS-Panzer-Division "LSSAH"
00.00.1944-07.06.1944: SS-Hstuf, Kompanieführer, 7./ II./ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25, 12. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hitlerjugend"
07.06.1944-03.09.1944: Bataillonskommandeur, II./ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25, 12. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hitlerjugend"

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Oberscharführer der Reserve (Staff Sergeant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1, 1. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "LSSAH"
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1942
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Awarded on:
August 15th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1, 1. SS-Panzer-Division "LSSAH"
Awarded on:
August 15th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1, 1. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "LSSAH"
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1943
WIA 12.02.1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Awarded on:
May 14th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
11. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25, 12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend”
Awarded on:
August 19th, 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

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