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Thurner, Matthias (SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 'DR')

Date of birth:
January 3rd, 1916 (Flachau)
Date of death:
March 19th, 1945 (Stuhlweißenburg, Székesfehérvár)
Buried on:
German War Graves Szekesfehervar
Grave: UNK.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 246.185 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

00.00.1932-00.00.1934: Hitlerjugend
00.00.1934-00.00.1937: SA
00.07.1934: escaped to Germany
00.00.1934-00.00.1937: SA-Hilfswerk Nord-West.
00.04.1936-00.04.1937: SA Standarte "Feldherrnhalle"
05.07.1937: entered the SS-VT, SS-Bataillon "N"
00.07.1939: anti-tank battalion SS-VT
00.10.1939: SS-Unterscharführer, SS-Division "Reich"
00.01.1942-00.04.1942: reserve battalion of SS tank destroyers
01.05.1942: promoted to SS-Oberscharführer
00.05.1942: SS-Division "Das Reich"
01.08.1943: promoted to SS-Hauptscharführer
22.09.1943: DKiG
19.03.1945: SS-Hauptscharführer, KIA 28km South East of Stuhlweißenburg

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1:
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  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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