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Obitz, René André

Date of birth:
March 9th, 1908 (Lérouville, France)
Date of death:
March 23rd, 1945 (Stolp train station, Germany (today Slupsk, Poland))
Buried on:
German War Graves Nordfriedhof
Plot: VI. Grave: 448.
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

1931: officer course in Saint Maixent
1932: promoted to sous-lieutenant
1941: joined the Légion Tricolore
End 1942: transferred to the LVF - I./ IR. 638
1943: promoted to capitaine
01.-10.02.1945: SS Hstuf - Kdr II./ SS Rgt. 57
05.03.1945: mortally WIA when his train was struck around midnight by 4 soviet airbombs at the train station in Stolp


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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
I./ Inf.Rgt. 638 - LVF
Awarded on:
April 23rd, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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