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Lemcke, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 89)

Date of birth:
January 23rd, 1913 (Stettin/Pomerania, Germany)
Date of death:
May 19th, 2004 (Hude/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
April 1st, 1936: Leutnant (RDA: -840-);
April 1st, 1939: Oberleutnant (RDA: -120-);
March 1st, 1942: Hauptmann (RDA: -95-);
July 1st, Major (RDA: -36a-);
November 9th, 1944: Oberstleutnant (RDA: -118-).

Career:
October 7th, 1936: 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 48, Güstrow;
October 12th, 1937: 4. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 27, Güstrow;
November 10th, 1938: 12. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 27, Rostock;
June 1943: Hauptmann, Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 48;
November 1944: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 89;
April 1945: US POW;
August 1945: released.

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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 4th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 11th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 1st, 1942

Silver version
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 48, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1943

Unit written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Gren.Rgt. 48
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1943
Demjanskschild
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 3rd, 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 89, 12. Volksgrenadier-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
January 12th, 1945
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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