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Le Tanneux von Saint Paul, Guy-Bernhard (PR 24)

Date of birth:
December 15th, 1916 (Königsberg/Easternprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
February 2nd, 1943 (Stalingrad, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Guy-Bernhard Le Tanneux von Saint Paul finally reached the rank of Rittmeister.
Brother of Harry Le Tanneux von Saint Paul (DK) KIA 19.08.1942 and cousin of Dietrich Le Tanneux von Saint Paul (DK). Guy-Bernhard was apparently named after his uncle (06.08.1890-22.01.1915), who died in Siberia as a prisoner of war of the Russians and served as a Leutnant in the Garde-Schützen-Bataillon.

01.09.1938: promoted to Leutnant (147)
Zugführer, 5./ Reiter-Regiment 2
03.01.1939: Zugführer, 3./ I./ Reiter-Regiment 2
01.08.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
30.07.1942: WIA
29.08.1942: WIA
09.1942: Kdr, 12./ III./ Panzer-Regiment 24 - 24. Panzer-Division
01.12.1942: promoted to Rittmeister (389)
23.01.1943: liste as MIA in Stalingrad
End January 1943: sevrely WIA by a mortar burst while pulling his head out of the cupola of his Panzer and brought to a makeshift Lazarett in the Bread Factory cellar ivo Stalingrad.
Rittmeister Guy-Bernhard Le Tanneux von Saint Paul had a severe head wound which had left his brain exposed and pulsing. His thighs had also been crushed.
The doctor who treated him at the time said that Rittmeister Le Tanneux von Saint-Paul was left in a cellar that was being used as a ward for soldiers who had no chance to recover from their wounds. All of the soldiers laid quietly except for Saint-Paul who spent day after day delirious shouting orders.
02.02.1943: DOW, euthanizied with morphine by Stabarzt Dr. Rocholl

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 12. Kompanie, III. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 29th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
WIA 30.07.1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1943
WIA 30.07.1942 + 29.08.1942 + 00.01.1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

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