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Pleiner, Franz

Date of birth:
September 24th, 1916 (Bremen/Bremen, Germany)
Date of death:
January 9th, 1945 (Agostian, near Budapest, Hungary)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Vienna
Plot: 5. Row: 22. Grave: 172.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 164.549 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
April 20th, 1939: SS-Untersturmführer;
July 1st, 1940: SS-Obersturmführer;
April 20th, 1943: SS-Hauptsturmführer;
January 30th, 1945: SS-Sturmbannführer (posthumous promotion).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania", 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
January 6th, 1945

Vorschlag dated 1-11-1944 and signed by Rgt.-Kdr. Hans Dorr; Endorsed x-11-1944 by Div.-Fhr. Karl Ullrich. Approved 22-11-1944 by Korps Kom. Gen. Herbert Otto Gille.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania", 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1945
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 17th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 16th, 1942
(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1942
Medaille

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