Date of birth:

April 11th, 1920 (Jackonys, Lithuania)

Date of death:

September 14th, 2010 (Harvard/Illinos, United States)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Reinhold Riewe was born in Jakonys, Lithuania as son of German parents Anton and Anna Riewe. His unit and all of the 9.Armee were subsequently destroyed when the Soviets launched "Operation Bagration" in June-July of 1944 and Reinhold Riewe marched into captivity near Bobruisk, Russia spending the next seven years in the USSR as a Prisoner-of-War.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)

Unit:

7. Radfahr Kompanie, II. Bataillon, 533 Grenadier-Regiment 533, 383. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

1943

Elements of Reinhold Riewes unit together with elements of the 87. Sturm-Division successfully counterattacked Soviet probes on their area (village) of deployment at night sometime in the spring of 1943 in the Kursk-Orel salient. For this action, Gefreiter Reinhold Riewe and others of the participating units received the Iron Cross 2nd Class.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)

Unit:

7. Radfahr Kompanie, II. Bataillon, 533 Grenadier-Regiment 533, 383. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

1943

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