Kronthaler, Stefan (Waffen SS)
- Date of birth:
- January 6th, 1916 (Pontnig, Austria)
- Date of death:
- August 1st, 1943 (Mius River)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 337.951 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.517.147
- Nationality:
- Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)
Biography
Promotions:
SS-Unterscharführer
SS-Oberschrführer
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve
Career:
00.00.1933-00.00.1937: SA
20.02.1933: entered the NSDAP
00.07.1934: took part in the Putsch and escaped to Yugoslavia after the failure
00.12.1934: joined the Austrian Legion in Lechfeld
01.04.1937: joined the SS-VT, SS-Standarte "Deutschland"
00.03.1938: SS-Standarte "Der Führer"
00.10.1939: SS-Division "Reich"
01.08.1943: KIA near the River Mius
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 2nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, SS-Infanterie-Regiment Der Führer, SS-Division "Reich", Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- February 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - 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
- https://dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handle/20.500.11956/52657/DPTX_2010_1_11210_0_312533_0_99872.pdf?sequence=1
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