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Buck, Friedrich (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
January 30th, 1922 (Friedenthal/Ackermann, Romania)
Date of death:
September 25th, 2015 (Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Friedrich Buck was promoted to SS-Oberscharführer in the first quarter of 1945.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
5.Schwadron, SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15
Awarded on:
January 27th, 1945
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
5. Schwadron, SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15 "Florian Geyer", 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer", IX. SS-Armeekorps
Awarded on:
January 27th, 1945
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977

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