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Veneman, Frans (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
October 8th, 1914 (Lendringen, Germany)
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Awarded on:
April 24th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, 3. Kompanie, SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 48 "General Seyffardt"
Awarded on:
April 24th, 1944
awarded the 01.05.1944 by SS-Brigadekommandeur Wagner

Received for his role in the fighting near the city of Narva (Estonia) where he was the Zugführer of the 11.Kompanie, III.Bataillon.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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