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Donath, Heinz

Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obergefreiter
Unit:
3. / Grenadier-Regiment 763
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1945
For 15 Nahkampftage:
5th August 1944: St.Aignan;
9th August 1944: Bretteville(?);
10th, 11th and 12th August 1944: Gironville(?);
13th August 1944: Fontaine le Pon(?);
14th August 1944: Hamel;
15th August 1944: Le Hamel;
16th August 1944: (?);
17th August 1944: St. Pierre;
18th August 1944: (?);
21st and 22nd September 1944: Oorderen and Wilmarsdonk;
28th October 1944: Molenschot
3rd November 1944: Vraggelen (Southeast of Den Hout).
(?) = unreadable.

Other Nahkampftage:
4th November 1944: Oudekerke;
12th, 14th and 18th January 1945 unreadable location.
Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Sources

  • - Durante T.M., The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II, Philippe De Bock, Tom Durante, Pascal Huysmans, Belgium, 2007, ISBN 9789081230117

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