Date of birth:

March 17th, 1910 (Seelingstädt/Thuringia, Germany)

Date of death:

May 6th, 1941 (Schmölln/Thuringia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
00.00.193_ SA-Sturmmann
00.00.19__ Leutnant
00.00.1940 (?) Oberleutnant

Career:
00.00.193_-00.00.19__: assigned to SA-Sturm 23/153, SA-Gruppe Thüringen
00.00.1937: entered military service
[03.06.1940]: Zugführer, 2. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 8
00.00.1941-06.05.1941: Chef , 2. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 8
06.05.1941: DOW sustained during the Balkan Campaign at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Zugführer, 5. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 8, 8. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

June 3rd, 1940

Awarded the Knight’s Cross according to the following wartime excerpt…
"… He achieved particular successes during the battles of a Panzer-Division with his motorcycle troops. On the 19.05.1940 he eliminated 8 enemy tanks, 2 batteries and an English battalion, among which was part of the French 9th Army’s staff. During all this time he showed exemplary courage and outstanding prudence.”

• Photo 1: Gudrun Etzold
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - HAUPT, W., Die 8. Panzer-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Podzun-Pallas, 1987.