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Rudolf, Richard (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
April 16th, 1923 (Hermsdorf/Saxonia, Germany)
Date of death:
December 13th, 2004 (Schönau, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
01.08.1942: Unterscharführer
01.07.1944: Oberscharführer

Career:
00.06.1944: SS-Oberscharführer, Zugführer, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 12, 12. SS-Panzer-Division „Hitlerjugend" - Carpiquet Airfield near Caen, Normandie

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 8th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Silver version
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
  • - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977

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