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Wolpers, Alfred

Date of birth:
April 26th, 1911 (Triangel/Hanover, Germany)
Date of death:
October 3rd, 44 (Litsa front, Norway)
Buried on:
German-Soviet War Cemetery Pechenga
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberleutnant and Kompanieführer Alfred Wolpers got during a reconnaissance mission in the night of 2nd to 3rd October 1944 severely wounded when he stepped on a Russian landmine. In de morning of October 3rd 1944 at 10 o’clock he succumb to his sever injuries. He is later buried at the Soldatenfriedhof in Parkkina-Petsamo. (Petschenga)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 73, 19. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
April 5th, 1938
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Unit:
Radfahr-Zug, Infanterie-Regiment 334, 181. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Unit:
2. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 193, 69. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 11th, 1942
Admitted on August 26th 1942 with light neck wounds in the motorised feldhospital 67 in Parkkina. Discharged and declared fit for duty on September 27th 1942.

Received for inflicting a neck wound on August 26th 1942.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Unit:
Stab II., Grenadier-Regiment 388, Heer
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Admitted on March 23rd 1943 with multiple wounds at the motorised feldhospital 67 in Parkkina. (Landmine schrapnel) Moved to the motorised feldhospital 680 on April 12th 1943 and discharged after being health declared fit for duty on April 27th 1943.

Received for being wounded 3 times on March 23rd 1943.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Unit:
10. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 388, Heer
Awarded on:
May 17th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Sources

  • - Original Award documents via R. Schouwenaar.

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