Dieterichs, August

Date of birth:: June 29th, 1903 (Cheinitz/Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

From 1922 until 1934 in the Reichswehr.
Entered the SS-Leibstandarte on October 1st 1934.
October 3rd 1934: Untersturmführer Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and Zugführer Nachrichten-Kompanie
September 1st 1935: Oberstrurmführer LAH.
September 1st 1938: Hauptsturmführer LAH Kompanieführer 8 MG Kompanie.
November 1st 1939: 10.SS-Infanterie-Regiment.
August 1st 1941: Battaillonsführer I. / SS-Infanterie-Regiment 10.
January 30th 1943: Sturmbannführer 1.SS-Grenadier-Brigade.
November 30th 1943: 16. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS.
June 1st 1944: Begleitbataillon Reichsführer-SS.
November 9th 1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer.

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Sturmbannführer
Unit:: SS-Grenadier-Regiment 38
Awarded on:: December 15th, 1943

Sources

Photo 1: Bernd Dieterichs
Photo: August Dieterichs archives
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- August Dieterichs archives
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001