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Oettingen-Wallerstein, Prinz zu, Moritz

Date of birth:
February 18th, 1922 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
May 3rd, 1944 (Romania)
Nationality:
German

Biography

31.08.1942: promoted to Leutnant
10.10.1942: Führer, 5./ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 21 - 24. Panzer-Division
23.11.1942: WIA
Survived Stalingrad and commanded various Schwadron in PGR 21
17.01.1944: WIA
28.02.1944: Returned to the Pz-Gren.Reg. 21
29.04.1944: WIA
03.05.1944: DOW

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Schwadronchef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 16th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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