Date of birth:

August 20th, 1897 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

September 26th, 1963 (Münster/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

After the Second World War, Richard Seuss served with the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of Korvettenkapitän.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (MA) der Reserve

Unit:

Chef, Marine-Küstenbatterie "Ille de Cezembre", Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 608, Seekommandanten Normandie, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

August 15th, 1944

Awarded for his achievements as commander of a battery of coastal artillery at St. Malo. Here he inflicted heavy losses on the attacking enemy and also distinguished himself during gunnery duels with American warships.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (MA) der Reserve

Unit:

Chef, Marine-Küstenbatterie "Ille de Cezembre", Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 608, Seekommandanten Normandie, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

September 2nd, 1944

• - DöRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
  

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