Date of birth:

November 25th, 1921 (Insterburg/Eastprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

November 23rd, 1943 (Kriegslazerett Abteilung 626 Borissow/Belarus, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Bernhard Westphal was seriously wounded on November 17th, 1943 near Korowatitchy, Gomel Oblast, Belarus, while serving as Kommandeur 1. Companie, I. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12. He died on November 23rd, 1943 at Kriegslazerett Abteilung 626 in Borissow, Belarus. He was buried at the Heldenfriedhof near Borissow.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Bernd Westphal
  - Chief medical officer of Kriegslazarett 1/626, Oberfeldarzt Dr. Stück in letter of November 27th, 1943, addressed to the father of the deceased officer, Heinrich Westphal