Ascherfeld, Willy (Grenadier-Regiment 926)

Date of birth:: March 21st, 1910 (Nierenhof/Ruhr)
Date of death:: April 13th, 1945 (Neukkuhren/Eastprussia, Germany)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Germau / Russkoe
Nationality:: German

Biography

Listed as 'unknown'.

27.08.1939: joined the Heer, 5. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 172 - campaign in France
08.12.1940: 2. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 508
19.04.1941: promoted to Leutnant der Reserve
01.07.1941: OKW Propaganda Kompanie 695, XV. Armee
01.09.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve
00.09.1942: Stab, Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 397
00.11.1942: Stab, Schützen-Regiment 37
00.00.1943: Kdr, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 926, 286. Infanterie-Division
01.08.1944: promoted to Hauptmann der Reserve
00.01.1945: East Prussia then fightings for Königsberg and the Vistula lagoon then Labiau
13.04.1945: Kdr, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 931, 286. Infanterie-Division, KIA near Neukkuhren

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 16th, 1940

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1942

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 5th, 1943

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 926, 286. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:: February 14th, 1945

Sources

Photo 1:
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9