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Balletshofer, Bernhard

Date of birth:
July 30th, 1912 (München, Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
August 11th, 1943 (2 km southwest of Pologji, Kharkov, Ukraine)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kdr, Sturmboot-Kommando 902
Awarded on:
September 19th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 5th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 22nd, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Sources

  • Photo 1: Andrew Straube
  • - 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
    - Deathcard
    - Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes

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