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Wick, Rudolf (Jagd-Pz-Abt. 'von Lüttichau')

Date of birth:
August 19th, 1915 (Schwarzau im Gebirge - Austria)
Date of death:
January 17th, 1945 (on the Western front)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 369.371
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
12.07.1943: Leutnant
20.04.1944: (RDA) SS-Obersturmführer d. R.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Führer - 1./ Jagd-Panzer-Abteilung "von Lüttichau" / im 553.Volksgrenadier-Division (1. / Jagd-Panzer-Abteilung "von Lüttichau" / attached to 553.Volksgrenadier-Division)
Awarded on:
March 26th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
2./ s.Gr.W.Btl. 18, 31. Infanterie Division
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1943
awarded 17.07.1943 on his DKiG-Kartei
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 7th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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
    - Bundesarchiv/Karteikarte
    - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
    - Detailansicht

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