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Ball, Gerhard Gustav (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 53)

Date of birth:
October 29th, 1908 (Graudenz/Westernprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
October 9th, 1941 (Woronki/Belarus, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Dukhovshchina
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

09.10.1941: Hauptmann, Führer, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 53, 3. Infanterie-Division, KIA near Woronki, Russia
posthumously promoted to Major and awarded the Ritterkreuz

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 53, 3. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
November 23rd, 1941
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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
    - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
    - Deathcard Wehrmacht

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