Lohwasser, Walter
- Date of birth:
- May 31st, 1913 (Pokau/Bohemia, Austrian-Hungarian Empire)
- Date of death:
- August 17th, 1964 (Büren/Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
31st May 1943: Hauptmann der Reserve, with entry date of 1st April 1943.
Walter Lohwasser was born on 31 May 1913 as a subject of the Empire of Austria-Hungary, lived from November 1918 to September 1938 as a Sudeten German in Czechoslovakia and was from October 1938 until his death in August 1964 citizen of the German Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany respectively.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- 2. / Infanterie-Regiment 290
- Awarded on:
- August 14th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 290
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Stab III. / Infanterie-Regiment 519
- Awarded on:
- July 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 519
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1942
Silver version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- 9. / Grenadier-Regiment 519
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- III. / Grenadier-Regiment 519
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Familie
- Photo: Family photo
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Katholisches Pfarramt Gartitz Kreis Aussig, XII/171
- Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis DKiG
- Besitzzeugnis Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
- Verleihungsurkunde EK1
- Verleihungsurkunde EK2
- Besitzzeugnis Verwundetenabzeichen im Schwarz
- Besitzzeugnis Verwundetenabzeichen im Silber
- Auszug aus der personalveränderung OKH Tgb Nr 1090/43 geh.HPA Ag Pl/6.Abt.(d) vom 31.Mai 1943
- Standesamt Büren, 87/1964
Photo
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