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Meinecke, Otto-Karl

Date of birth:
October 10th, 1909
Date of death:
November 1968
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
?: Gefreiter;
June 3rd, 1941: Obergefreiter;
July 8th, 1942: Unteroffizier.

Career:
June 20th, 1940 - July 25th, 1940: 3./ Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 311;
July 26th, 1940 - August 3rd, 1941: 4. / Landesschützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 3;
October 7th, 1941 - March 10th, 1942: Landesschützen-Bataillon 343;
April 5th, 1942 - June 17th, 1942: 3. / Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 9;
June 18th, 1942 - September 28th, 1943: 9. / Infanterie-Regiment 477 / 257. Infanterie-Division;
October 1st, - November 1st, 1943: Genesen-Kompanie, Berlin / Heimat Urlaub;
November 1st, 1943 - February 1944: Ersatz Batallion, Meseritz;
February 1944 - May 1945: Wehrertuechtigungslager Liliendorf;
May 12th, 1945: POW Capture Rosenthal/Rozmital pod Tremsinem, Czechoslovakia;
July 1945 - August 1945: POW Camp Sighet/Sighetu Marmației, Romania;
September 1945 - April 1947: Penza (Kreschim), POW Camp 161 (or 399);
April 1947 - October 1949: POW Camp Sysran/Syzran;
October 1948 - November 1949: POW Camp Bjilgorod/Belgorod - Sarschnoy/Zarechny;
December 1st, 1949: POW Release Frankfurt a.d. Oder/Kronenfelde.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:
9. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 477, 257. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1942
Awarded for his part in the offensive on June 29th, 1942.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:
9. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 477, 257. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 1942
Awarded for a wound received in the abdomen on June 29th, 1942 near Zogorodtschoje.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Sources

  • Photo 1: Gerhard Meinecke
  • - Verleihungsurkunde EK2
    - Besitzzeugnis Verwundeten Schwarz

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