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Seidel, Ernst, Dr. (Artillerie-Regiment 31)

Date of birth:
July 14th, 1920 (Freiburg im Breisgau)
Date of death:
August 5th, 2015 (Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1939: Beobachter, Artillerie-Regiment 30 - Halberstadt
00.01.1943: Oberleutnant, WIA and flown out the Stalingrad pocket
00.12.1943: Batterie-Chef, Eastern Front
00.00.1944: severely WIA
00.00.1944-00.05.1945: Deputy chief, Panzerzüge
00.05.1945: captured by the French, escaped

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Züge, OB Südost
Awarded on:
April 27th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Großkreuz des Verdienstordens der BRD

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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