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Deichmüller, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 439)

Date of birth:
April 26th, 1900 (Liebstedt, Thuringia - Germany)
Date of death:
January 16th, 1944 (Mechowtschtschina - Belarus)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Posthumously(?) promoted to Major, Hauptmann Deichmüller was KIA at th ehead of the I./ Grenadier Regiment 439 - 134.ID during a frontal attack launched by the soviets in the region Rogatschew-Bobruisk.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
I. / Infanterie-Regiment 439 / 134.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Scheibert, H., Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold (Das Heer), Podzun-Pallas Verlag, Friedberg, Germany, 1983
    - Detailansicht

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