Chmel, Max

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Date of birth:: May 3rd, 1915 (Eiglau / Leobschütz)
Date of death:: April 18th, 1945 (Müncheberg / Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:: Gruppenführer 8./Grenadier-Regiment 200 / 90. Panzer-Grenadier-Division
Awarded on:: November 18th, 1944

Awarded for distinguishing himself on the 02.10.1944 during an operation to eliminate an enemy bridgehead southwest of Savignano.

Sources

- HUß, JüRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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