Scharnitzky, Egon
- Date of birth:
- March 28th, 1919 (Gotha/Thuringia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 18th, 1991 (Amberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Service number:
- 364554 (SS No.)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Egon Scharnitzky sometimes mitakenly is referred to as Egon Scharnitsky.
Promotions:
1st June 1940: SS-Sturmmann;
1st April 1941: SS-Rottenführer;
1st September 1941: SS-Unterscharführer;
1st March 1943: Junker;
1st April 1943: SS-Standartenjunker;
20th May 1943: SS-Standartenoberjunker;
1st September 1943: SS-Untersturmführer.
Career:
?: 9. Kriegs-Junkerlehrgang an der SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig;
?: Zugführer, 1. Zug, 15. (Pionier) Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 37;
1944: Führer, 15. (Pionier) Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 37.
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Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer
- Awarded on:
- June 27th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer
- Awarded on:
- June 27th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1944
Lost his left arm in Normandy in July 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer
- Awarded on:
- November 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer
- Awarded on:
- November 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1945
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