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Sborowski, Richard (Gren.Reg.76)

Date of birth:
May 24th, 1914 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
October 12th, 1943 (Grigorowka/Poltava Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kiev-Syrez
Row: 8. 
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

The remains of Richard Sborowski's were without having been identified, buried in an grave of an unknown soldier in Plot 8 at the German Cemetery near Kiev.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Schütze (Private/Rifleman)
Unit:
6. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 76, 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
November 29th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
6. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 76, 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
July 24th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 25th, 1941
Received for a single wound inflicted on 21st September 1941.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 76 (motorisiert), 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
November 12th, 1941

Bronze version.

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 76, 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
6. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 76, 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1942
Received for a double wound inflicted on 27th June 1942.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 21st, 1942

Announcement dated 7th September 1942 that all documents are filled in and posted to be able to receive the "Ostmedaille".
Request by the Reserve Lazerett XVII to receive the "Ostmedaille" and to write it in the Soldbuch, dated 21st September 1942.
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Awarded on:
September 20th, 1942

Announcement that the decoration was awarded on 20th September 1942 by "Einschreiben"dated 25th September 1942.
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
6. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 76 (motorisiert), 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
6. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 76 (motorisiert), 20. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1943
Received for five wounds inflicted on 21st September 1941, 5th April 1942, 27th June 1942, 29th November 1942 and 25th December 1942.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

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