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Lehmann, Waldemar (Grenadier-Regiment 3)

Date of birth:
April 29th, 1913 (Pallasovka/Volgograd oblast, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
June 7th, 1997 (Sehlde, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Waldemar Lehmann was born as Volksdeutscher in Pallasovka, Soviet Union.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 26th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 27th, 1942
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
8. Kompanie, II Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 3, 21. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 3, 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1944
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 3, 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kompaniechef, 13. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 3, 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 3, 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Bataillonsführer, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 3, 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
November 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

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  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Durante T.M., The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II, Philippe De Bock, Tom Durante, Pascal Huysmans, Belgium, 2007, ISBN 9789081230117
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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