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Otto, Wolfgang (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
October 28th, 1919 (Halle/Saale)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 319.751 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.07.1941: SS-Ustuf., 2. Schwadron, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2, SS-Division 'Reich'
00.04.1943: SS-Ostuf., Chef,,3. Schwadron, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
00.11.1943: SS-Ostuf., 2. Batterie, SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
00.04.1944: SS-Hstuf., O1, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Division "Das Reich"
Awarded on:
1943
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Division "Das Reich"
Awarded on:
1943
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
SS-Sturmgeschütz-Batterie "Das Reich", 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
Awarded on:
March 12th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • Photo 2:
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Bender R.J., Breyette T., Tank Killers, RJ Bender Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-912138-83-1
    - 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