Date of birth:

September 7th, 1912 (Reinswalde/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

July 17th, 1943 (Kriegslazerett 610, Charkov, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Plot: 10. Row: 35. Grave: 4090.

Nationality:

German

06.07.1943: Ofw, severely WIA near Dubrowka South of Bielgorod (WAST gives 14.07.1943)
17.07.1943: Ofw, DOW at the Kriegslazerett 610 in Charkov
Credited with 51 kills

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 6th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 6th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

1. Kompanie, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 15, 11. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

August 12th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, Panzer-Abteilung 52, 10. Panzer-Brigade, Panzergrenadier-Division "Großdeutschland", XXXXVIII. Pz.Korps, 4. Panzer-Armee

Awarded on:

August 23rd, 1943

Awarded for distinguishing himself at Velikiye Luki in January 1943 (where he destroyed 8 tanks and 5 artillery pieces) and later during Operation Citadel via his thrusts into strong Soviet assembly areas. By the time he received fatal injuries in July 1943 he had destroyed/captured a total of 51 enemy tanks and 44 guns.

Posthumous awarde.
Submitted on August 18th 1943.
Preliminary document and decoration on August 23rd to Stellvertr. General Kommandant III.Armeekorps.

• Photo 1:
• - FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000.
  - 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.
  - WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Ritterkreuz Archiv IV/2008, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Dezember 2008, ISSN 1866-4709
  - Family archives
  - Volksbund
  

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