Riekstins, Alfreds (Waffen SS)
- Date of birth:
- January 30th, 1913 (Sabile, Russian Empirw)
- Date of death:
- September 11th, 1952 (Talsi District, People's Republic Latvia, Soviet Union)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- Latvian
Biography
SS-Untersturmführer Alfreds Riekstins became a spy in service of the British intelligence after the war. He commited suicide after being surrounded by the NKVD.
Promotions:
00.00.1938: Private 1st Class - Latvian Army
00.00.1942: Korporal / Schutzmannschaft
05.04.1945: Waffen-Unterscharführer d. R. der SS
22.04.1945: Waffen-Untersturmführer d. R. der SS (or 05.04.1945 per Valdis Kursietis)
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Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 14th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 16th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Waffen-Unterscharführer der Reserve der SS
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, Waffen-Füsilier-Bataillon Nr. 19, 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2)
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1945
Sources
- Photo: Public domain
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