Date of birth:

April 11th, 1914 (Königsberg/Eastprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

December 28th, 1995 (St. Augustin/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
?: Oberwachtmeister;
?: Fahnenjunker-Stabswachtmeister.

Career:
?: Sturmgeschützführer, 3. Kompanie, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 245;
1944: Zugführer, Sturmgeschützbrigade 667.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberwachtmeister

Unit:

Sturmgeschützführer, 3. Kompanie, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 245, Heer

Awarded on:

August 13th, 1943

Awarded for his efforts in helping the stabilize the frontline situation of the 260. Infanterie-Division in the early August of 1943. On the 09. and 10.08.1943 he destroyed 14 enemy tanks.

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - SCHERZER, VEIT & FARWICK, WERNER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Sturmartillerie 1939-1945, Verlag Veit Scherzer, 2011.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1985.