Date of birth:

March 5th, 1916 (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Date of death:

June 28th, 1980 (Neukirchen-Vluyn, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

1937: entered the Heer - Pionier-Bataillon 1 - Königsberg
1938: promoted to Gefreiter
05.1940: promoted to Unteroffizier
09.1940: promoted to Feldwebel and Zugführer, transferred to the 3./ Pionier-Bataillon 40 - 24. Panzer-Division
1942: promoted to Leutnant
23.08.1942: WIA
08.09.1942: WIA
Survived Stalingrad
1943: promoted to Oberleutnant
1944: promoted to Hauptmann
Chef, 3./ Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 40 - 24. Panzer-Division
1945: Kdr, transferred to the Pionier-Bataillon of the Grossdeutschland Division
03.1945: promoted to Major

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

3. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 40, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 9th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Chef, 3. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 40, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

November 16th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 1942

WIA 23.08.1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 1942

WIA 23.08.1942 + 08.09.1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 31st, 1942

August 31, 1942 at 4:15 pm The Gruppe "Broich" (commander: Oberst von Broich) of the 24th Panzer-Division drops hill No. 111.5 and heads north. The unit's task was to seize the nearby Kalach-Stalingrad railway line, 10 km west of Stalingrad. When the Germans arrived there, they noticed an approaching Soviet armored train. Leutnant Egon Reifner, accompanied by several soldiers from 3./Panzerpionier-Bataillon 40, rushed to the tracks and set up explosives, which left a hole several meters long after they exploded. As a result, the train derailed and was also fired by machine guns and 8.8cm Flak cannons, and the entire crew were taken prisoner. For such an extraordinary contribution, the Leutnant Egon Reifner received two Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 31st, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1944

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• Photo 2: (Public Domain)
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