Pieper, Heinz (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 19)

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Pieper, Heinz (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 19)

Date of birth:: July 25th, 1916 (Hannover/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:: September 7th, 1943 (Gadac/Russia, Soviet Union)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: January 26th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:: Geschützführer I. / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 19
Awarded on:: September 17th, 1943

Awarded in recognition of his total of 28 enemy tanks destroyed.

Awarded posthumously.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de

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