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Pavelka, Hans (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
March 30th, 1917 (Vienna)
Date of death:
July 16th, 1943 (by Lutschki, Prochorowka, Bjelgorod)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: UNK.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 400.162 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

02.05.1938: SS-VT, SS-Regiment "Der Führer"
00.10.1939: SS-Division "Reich"
00.10.1940-01.04.1941 SS-Junkerschule
20.04.1941: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer, SS-Division "Das Reich"
15./ SS-Pz.GR 4
3./ SS-Kradsch.Btl 2
20.04.1942: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer, Chef, 5./ SS-Pz.Rgt.2
09.04.1943: DKiG
16.07.1943: SS-Obersturmführer, KIA in a forrest ca.2,5km South West outskirts of Lutschki, Prochorowka, Bjelgorod

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Chef, 5. Kompanie, II. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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