Sowada, Bernhard

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Date of birth:: August 13th, 1920 (Schönkirch/Oppeln, Germany)
Date of death:: December 25th, 1944 (Vértessomlo s Tatabánya, Hungary)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: Zugführer 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237
Awarded on:: October 12th, 1943

Awarded for his actions around Smolensk during the German withdrawal from the area in September 1943, and in particular during the battles of the battalion to cover the retreat of the IX. Armeekorps in the middle of the month. He was also recognized for his total of 21 enemy tanks destroyed.

Sources

- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1985.

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