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Neumann, Günter Heinz

Date of birth:
May 13th, 1916 (Brieg/Silesia, Germany)
Service number:
SS Nr.: 169.226 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

10.02.1935: entered the SS
10.02.1935-01.09.1939: SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 'Thüringen'
30.01.1937: promoted to SS-Sturmmann
30.01.1937-04.10.1937: SS-Nachrichten-Sturmbann
04.10.1937: SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
01.11.1938: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
01.09.1939: 6. SS-Totenkopf-Standarte
01.10.1939: Nachrichten-Offizier, III. Abteilung / SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3 / SS-Division Totenkopf
09.11.1940: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
Nachrichten-Offizier then Batteriechef, III. Abteilung / SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3 / SS-Division Totenkopf
00.02.1941: Batteriechef, 4. Batterie / SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3 / SS-Division Totenkopf
Batteriechef, 5. Batterie / SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3 / SS-Division Totenkopf
00.01.1942: WIA
20.04.1942: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer
00.07.1942: Führer, II. Abteilung / SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3 / 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Totenkopf'
21.06.1944: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer RDA 20.04.1944
01.08.1944: Kdr., II. Abteilung / SS-Artillerie-Regiment 12 / 12. SS-Panzer-Division 'Hitlerjugend'

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Chef, 5. Batterie, SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3, 3. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 'Totenkopf'
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
January 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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