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Pagels, Christian

Date of birth:
June 17th, 1900 (Lübeck/Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Germany)
Date of death:
January 1st, 1944 (Bucki/Generalbezirk Shitomir, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Ukranian SSR, USSR))
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
October 30th, 1917: Fahnenjunker;
February 7th, 1922: Charakter als Leutnant;
x? : Oberleutnant;
July 1st, 1934: Hauptmann (Pat. von 1.6.1934) (163);
March 1st, 1940: Major (40);
April 1st, 1942: Oberstleutnant (477);
January 1st, 1943: Oberst (121b);
x?, 1944: Generalmajor mit RDA 1.1.1944.

Career:
13.03.1942: m.F.b. Inf.Rgt. 696;
19.10.1942: Kdr. Inf.Rgt. 696;
04.10.1943: m.F.b. Gren.Rgt. 337.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 12th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 22nd, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1943
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 696, 340. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 10th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Führer, Grenadier-Regiment 337, 208. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 17th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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