Date of birth:

November 27th, 1915

Date of death:

October 20th, 1944 (near Trakehnen/Province of East Prussia/Free State of Prussia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

01.09.1939: RDA as Leutnant
00.05.1941: Leutnant, Adjutant, III. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 7. Flieger-Division, Gruppe Mitte - campaign in Crete, Perivolia
20.10.1941: Leutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.11.1941: promoted to Oberleutnant
25.02.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded the DKiG, III. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 7. Flieger-Division
00.10.1942: campaign in Russia, Minsk, Vitebsk, Rudnja
00.05.1943: Führer, III. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division - campaign in Italy, Lentini, Carlentini,
00.12.1943: Ortona, Villa Grande - "Gustav-Linie"
00.02.1944: Monte Cassino, Monte Caira
00.04.1944: France
00.08.1944-00.10.1944: Olt., Kdr., Fallschirm-Panzer-Sturm-Bataillon "Hermann Göring"
01.10.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
10.10.1944: Oblt., Kdr., Fsch.Pz.Sturm-Btl. "Hermann Göring" awarded the Ritterkreuz
20.10.1944: Hauptmann, reported MIA/KIA near Trakehnen, East Prussia / Yasnaya Polyana, Kaliningrad

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