Baumgartner, Gaston
- Date of birth:
- 1914 (Paris, France)
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
CAREER:
1942-1943 : join the LVF and served as an Unteroffizier in the 9.Kie III.Bat. - IR.638 - LVF
September 1944 : enter the Waffen SS
November 1944 - April 1945 : Officer course in the Panzergrenadierschule in Kienschlag
14th April 1945 : promoted Standarten-Oberjunker and appointed to the newly reorganised 33.SS Division Charlemagne in Carpin
20th April 1945 : Zugführer in the 3.Kie Grenadier Regiment der Waffen SS Nr 58 during the fightings in Berlin
26th April 1945 : WIA (thigh) during the assault in Neukölln and evacuated.
12th June 1946 : trialed and sentenced in Paris.
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Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 3. Kompanie, SS-Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment 58, 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne", Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- April 1945
Sources
- - Stephane Kayser - Waffen-SS Francais, Grégory Bouysse
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