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Engelmann, Richard

Date of birth:
December 30th, 1919 (Limburg an der Lahn/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
Date of death:
October 19th, 1944 (Hauptverbandplatz Jaunpils, Latvia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Frauenburg / Saldus
Plot: O. Row: 1. Grave: 44.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
leichte Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 912
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Chef 1. / Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1944
Awarded for the aid that his Sturmgeschütze rendered to the hard-pressed 389. Infanterie-Division during the major defensive battles in the Pskov-Opotschka area at the start of July 1944. He and his unit destroyed numerous enemy tanks and provided the rearguard to cover the withdrawal of the German infantry to a new blocking position.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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