Scherf, Fritz

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Date of birth:: June 19th, 1915 (Geithain/Borna (Saxony), Germany)
Date of death:: May 29th, 1944 (Near Aprilia, Italy)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:: Zugführer 2./Panzer-Abteilung 103
Awarded on:: September 30th, 1944

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for having destroyed 42 tanks by the time of his death.

Awarded posthumously.

Sources

- Dieckhoff, G., 3. Infanterie-Division, 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.), 3. Panzergrenadier-Division, 1960

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