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Schmidt, Peter (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21)

Date of birth:
December 28th, 1914 (Raumbach, Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Date of death:
December 27th, 1944 (near Bravuri, North-West of Doblen in the forest near Duki, Latvia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Frauenburg / Saldus
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

Infanterie-Regiment 118
Promoted to Leutnant der Reserve
22.06.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve
14.07.1942: Führer, 9.(s.I.G.) / Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 21 - 24. Panzer-Division
29.08.1942: WIA
09.10.1942: promoted to active officers list
22.11.1942: Kdr, Kampfgruppe on the Chir outside of the Stalingrad pocket
Survived Stalingrad
01.04.1943: promoted to Hauptmann (130gg)
Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 5 - 12. Panzer-Division
27.12.1944: KIA North-West of Doblen in the forest near Duki
01.12.1944: promoted posthumously to Major

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kdr, Kampfgruppe, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
WIA 29.08.1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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