Lith, Willi

Date of birth:: September 30th, 1923 (Mönchengladbach/Rhine Province)
Date of death:: April 19th, 1947 (Soviet POW camp)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Willi Lith entered the Waffen-SS on October 1st, 1942.

Career:
?: Hitlerjugend (HJ);
October 1st, 1942 - November 17th, 1942: Grundausbildung Ersatz / SS-Polizei-Infanterie-Regiment 1;
November 18th, 1942 - July 1943: MG-Schütze, 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
August 1943 - December 1943: Gewehrführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
December 1943: Kompanie-Truppführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
July 1944 - September 1944: Zugführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
September 1944 - October 1944: Kompanieführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
October 1944: Kompanie-Truppführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke".
19.04.1947: died in soviet captivity

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Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: MG-Schütze, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1943

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: MG-Schütze, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: July 26th, 1943

Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Gewehrführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: October 23rd, 1943

Bronze version.

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Kompanie-Truppführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: December 3rd, 1943

Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Kompanie-Truppführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: December 20th, 1943

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Kompanie-Truppführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: April 17th, 1944

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Zugführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: August 6th, 1944

Nahkampfspange in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Zugführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: August 10th, 1944

Nahkampfspange in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
Unit:: Kompanie-Truppführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: March 6th, 1945

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
Unit:: Kompanie-Truppführer, 9. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: March 30th, 1945

Sources

- DöRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Divisionstagesbefehl Nr. 17/45
- Personalakte