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Fey, Wilhelm "Willy" (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
September 25th, 1918 (Lollar/Hesse, Germany)
Date of death:
April 29th, 2002 (Freiburg-Breisgau/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
1942: Unteroffizier;
?: SS-Oberscharführer;
?: Hauptmann (Bundeswehr).

Career:
?: schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502;
1956 - 1972: Bundeswehr.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
Panzerkommandant, schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1945
Awarded for destroying 8 Soviet tanks during the fighting for Berlin in the time period 23.-28.04.1945. By this he raised his total of enemy tanks destroyed in close combat to 14.

Awarded by SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Mohnke.
The recommendation was done in the normal way to the Heerespersonalamt. With the Bundesarchiv there is no proof of the actual awarding. The awarding was accepted by the Bundeswehr and a Commission of Honour with the AKCR who both accepted the awarding. Actual awarding is therefore however uncertain.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
Unit:
Zugführer, x. Kompanie, schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

He is not mentioned in Patzwall / Scherzer.
This soldier has not yet been mentioned in any known database of DKiG recipients.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Panzerkampfabzeichen III Stufe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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