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Böhm, Fritz (Panzer-Regiment 26)

Date of birth:
October 8th, 1914 (Postnicken/Eastern Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
September 3rd, 1969 (Schwanewede/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

In service from October 28th 1935.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 22nd, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Zugführer, 6. Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 26, 26. Panzer-Division, 10. Armee, Heeresgruppe C
Awarded on:
August 23rd, 1944

Submitted on August 14th 1944.
Preliminary document and decoration on September 7th 1944 to AOK 10.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

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  • - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
    - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
    - 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

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