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Dietz von Bayer, Friedrich Heinrich Johann "Fred"

Date of birth:
May 17th, 1924 (Mayen/Rhine Province, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
?: Jäger;
?: Gefreiter;
?: Oberjäger.

Career:
?: 8. Kompanie, Luftwaffen-Regiment Barenthin;
?: I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3;
?: Fallschirmjäger-Ausbildungs-Bataillon?;
?: 6. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 1;
?: 1. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Jäger (Aircraftman class 2)
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1942
Fallschirmschützenabzeichen der Luftwaffe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Aircraftman class 2)
Unit:
8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Luftwaffen-Regiment Barenthin, Division von Manteuffel, Heer
Awarded on:
April 17th, 1943
Awarded for a wound received on March 21st, 1943.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Aircraftman class 2)
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1943
Ärmelband Afrika
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Aircraftman class 2)
Awarded on:
August 16th, 1943
Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Aircraftman class 2)
Unit:
I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 10th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Aircraftman class 2)
Unit:
Fallschirmjäger-Ausbildungs-Bataillon, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1943
Although the formal awarding took place on October 1st, 1943, he already received the decoration on March 21st, 1943 for taking prisoner military from a British company as commander of a heavy machine gun during an attack on the railway station of Nefza.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberjäger
Unit:
Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 8th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberjäger (Corporal)
Unit:
1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 25th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold

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