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Goldstein, Michael (Infanterie-Regiment 488)

Date of birth:
December 16th, 1920 (Friedberg, Augsburg, Germany)
Date of death:
October 28th, 1943 (Uluki, Slavgorod district, Mogilev Region, Belarus)
Buried on:
Soviet War Graves Shchatkovo
Plot: 12. Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

1940: entered service
22.06.1941: appointed to the Infanterie-Regiment 488 - 268. Infanterie-Division
Advance in Russia via Bialystok, Volkovysk, Tolochin, then on the Berezina River, and again to Borisov, Orsha, Vysokoye to Gusino
25.07.1941: defensive fightings region Leonidovo, Yelnya, Pochinok
10.09.1941: advance from Koski, Stryana up to the Desna river, then towards the gates of Vyazma
01.10.1941: promoted to Gefreiter
01.11.1941: reached Gzhatsk and Medyn then hospitalized for 3 weeks due to an infection
End 11.1941: arrived in Vyazovnya and Voronino
01.03.1942: WIA by a shrapnel near the town of Kosaya-Gora located between Kosaya-Gora and Buslayevo - sent to the hospital in Warsaw for 2 weeks and then on leave
07.1942: back to the 3./ Infanterie-Regiment 488 - 268. Infanterie-Division
fightings against Partisans
09.1942: the division prepared positions to face the winter along the Ugra River in the area of ​​Klimov-Zavod, Pavlovo, Bol'shiye Ust'ye and Borisenki - distinguished itself in particular attacks against the Red Army to free the Pavlovo bridgehead
01.12.1942: promoted to Unteroffizier
Summer 1943: distinguished himself in particular deserving actions on the battlefield between his Division's positions on the Ugra River and the consequent retreat towards Terenino and Korobets south-east of Yelnya
01.09.1943: Inf.Reg. 488 took position on the Snopot River
20.09.1943-11.10.1943: on leave
12.10.1943: returned back to the 3./ Inf.Reg. 488 - 268. ID located region Kliny, Rudnya, Gayshin
25.10.1943: reached Rudnya where remains of his Divisional Group were incorporated into the 36 Infanterie-Division
28.10.1943: KIA in Uliki just before the entire division was transferred to Rimini in Italy for the creation of the new 362. Infanterie-Division

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
August 30th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
October 14th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
October 12th, 1943
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1943
for 1 soviet tank destroyed in August 1943 along the Ugra River
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
April 8th, 1942
WIA 03.1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
September 19th, 1942
Medaille

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