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Lang, Joachim-Friedrich "Fritz"

Date of birth:
September 14th, 1899 (Montigny/Lorraine, Germany)
Date of death:
April 16th, 1945 (Lochstedter Wald near Pillau/Easternprussia, Germany)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Pillau / Baltijsk
Plot: 1. Row: B. 
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Fritz Lang was killed on APril 16th, 1945. At that moment he was Kommandeur 95. Infanterie-Division with the rank of Generalmajor.
His remains are supposed to be buried in an unknown grave at the German Cemetery Pillau/Baltijsk.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 390, 215. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 14th, 1942

Name is written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Fritz.

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 481, 256. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 4th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Korps-Abteilung H, Heer
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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