Schwanbeck, Walter
- Date of birth:
- November 2nd, 1921 (Retschow/Mecklenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 30th, 1944 (In a hospital in East Prussia)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
00.08.1940: entered the Army
1941-1942: Kavallerist - Ersatz-Schwadron
01.1943: Kavallerie-Regiment Mitte, 3. Kavallerie-Brigade
04.1943: Gefreiter, 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
Campaign in the Pripjet Marshes and region Narew and along the River Bug
1944: promote to Unteroffizier and lightly WIA
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
- Awarded on:
- February 5th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Gruppenführer, 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31, 3. Kavallerie-Brigade, XX. Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Gruppenführer, 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- Photo: The Face of Courage: The 98 Men Who Received the Knight's Cross and the ... - Florian Berger - Google Livres
- - www.das-ritterkreuz.de
- Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.
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