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Schuster, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 687)

Date of birth:
November 10th, 1915 (Augsburg)
Date of death:
January 11th, 1943 (Kriegslazarett mot. 1-591, Salsk, Salsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Feldwebel Gottfried Josef Schuster was proposed for the award of the DKiG

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
Kompanieführer, 11. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 687, 336. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
March 28th, 1943
posthumously awarded
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Sources

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  • - Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
    - Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
    - Gottfried Josef Schuster | Gräbersuche-Online

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