Sprincis, Paulis (Waffen-Füs.Bat. der SS 19)

Date of birth:: April 10th, 1912 (Graŝi, Madona, Latvia)
Date of death:: October 1st, 2006 (Brisbane, Australia)
Nationality:: Latvian

Biography

11.07.1943: promoted to Lieutenant - Legions-Untersturmführer der SS
00.11.1943: platoon commander, ski company, 42nd Regiment, 2nd Latvian Brigade, formed by Lieutenant Graumanis
25.02.1944: appointed to the SS-Grenadier-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Brigade 15, training brigade, 19th Füsillier (Laumanis) Battalion of the SS, 19. Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Division
00.05.1944: unit renamed 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2)
21.06.1944: promoted to Waffen-Obersturmführer der SS
11.07.1944: promoted to 1st Lieutenant
07.11.1944: showed particular gallantry in the fighting at Bikseri, breaking out of a siege with his company and cutting off the attackers' retreat
00.12.1944: commander, 2nd Company, 19. Waffen-Füsillier-Bataillon der SS, 19. SS-Division
27.12.1944: 2 times WIA by artillery shell in both arms and legs
00.02.1945: SS-Ostuf, Führer, 2. Kompanie, Waffen-Füsilier-Bataillon der SS 19, 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lett.Nr. 2)
00.03.1945: wounded for the fifth time and evacuated from the Kurzeme Fortress to an army hospital in Germany

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 8th, 1943

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Awarded on:: August 9th, 1944

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1944

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: Führer, 2. Kompanie, Waffen-Füsilier-Bataillon der SS 19, 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lett.Nr. 2)
Awarded on:: February 28th, 1945

based on award recommendation dated 13.01.1945 and submitted by the divisional commander, SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei Bruno Streckenbach

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: March 1945

Sources

Photo 1:
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht