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Dietel, Gerhard (Kradschützen-Bataillon 40)

Date of birth:
October 14th, 1920 (Wachsdorf, Bayreuth/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
February 9th, 1942 (Wyschneje/Russia, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Dukhovshchina
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
1st February 1941: Leutnant.

09.02.1942: Oberleutnant, KIA at Poljany 18 km North of Moszalsk

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:
2. Kompanie (MG), Kradschützen-Bataillon 40, 10. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
4. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 40, 10. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
Awarded on:
September 11th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
4. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 40, 10. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1942

Proposed on 24th January 1942.
Awarded posthumously.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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