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Schasche, Wilhelm "Willi"

Date of birth:
January 6th, 1921 (Villach/Carinthia, Austria)
Date of death:
November 21st, 2012
Service number:
SS Nr.: 324.458 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

07.04.1938: entered in the SS
06.06.1942-05.12.1942: SS-Junkschule Braunschweig
10.03.1943: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
09.11.1944: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
22.01.1945: reported KIA
He joined the Austrian Army after the war and retired as Oberst

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 24th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 10th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Zugführer, 3. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
August 21st, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Zugführer, 3. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3, 3. SS Panzer-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
October 19th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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