Gerstenberg, Wilhelm

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Date of birth:: May 13th, 1913 (Groß-Nimsdorf/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:: April 26th, 1944 (near Kmielowa, Soviet Union)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:: Zugführer 4. / Grenadier-Regiment 287
Awarded on:: May 4th, 1944

Awarded posthumously.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.

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