Spanka, Otto (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:: October 19th, 1912 (Sutzken/Suczki)
Date of death:: July 29th, 1942 (Bielefeld)
Buried on:: German War Graves Oranienburg
Grave: 6.
Service number:: SS-Nr.: 52.485 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.842.694
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions
20.04.1938: SS-Untersturmführer
30.01.1939: SS-Obersturmführer
29.07.1942: SS-Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS (posthumously)

Career:
00.10.1939-00.08.1940: SS-Obersturmführer, Chef, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 2
00.11.1941-00.00.1942: SS-Ostuf, Kdr, III. Bataillon, SS-Infanterie-Regiment 9, SS-Division "Nord" then 2. Gebirgsjäger-Division, then Heerestruppe, then I. AK / AOK 18

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Vapaudenristin 3.luokka (VR 3)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: December 19th, 1941

Awarded with swords.

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:: SS-Infanterie-Regiment 9 (motorisiert), 2. Gebirgsjäger-Division
Awarded on:: February 28th, 1942

Sources

- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum