Rögelein, Friedrich 'Fritz'
- Date of birth:
- June 26th, 1910 (Bietigheim/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 25th, 1999 (Baden-Baden/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
1929: entered the Polizei
1937: Feldwebel, transferred to the Infanterie Regiment 209
1940: Oberleutnant
1942: Hauptmann
1943: Major
1944: Oberstleutnant
1945: Oberst
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 24th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 22nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 109, 35. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 17th, 1941
Award 15/15
The name is written as Fritz in Patzwall / Scherzer.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 109, 35. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1943
2026th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 109, 35. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 7th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 109, 35. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1945
Awarded for his leadership of the Grenadier-Regiment 109 during the retreat battles from the Lower Narew near Nasielsk to Marienburg in early 1945.
831st Award.
831st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- Alex Schmidt
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