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Glaser, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 253)

Date of birth:
November 13th, 1920 (Hambach/Neustadt, Germany)
Date of death:
March 16th, 1999 (Neustadt, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:
Richtschütze, 14. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 253, 34. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
November 2nd, 1943
On the 06.09.1943 Obergefreiter Glaser was the gunner of a 7.5 cm Pak (located in camouflaged positions just behind the infantry of his Division) during a Soviet armoured attack. The gun immediately adjacent to him was knocked out relatively quickly when it opened fire on the Soviet armour from too great a range, with both the gun and its crew being lost. Although Glaser’s own Pak received damage to its elevating/traversing mechanism, Glaser and his comrades nevertheless were able to knock out 8 opposing tanks and thereby make a major contribution to the prevention of a Soviet breakthrough.

Glaser would be awarded the Knight’s Cross in recognition of both his hard-won success here as well as his previous achievements as an Pak gunner.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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