Date of birth:

January 7th, 1917 (Wiesenburg / Zauch-Belzig)

Date of death:

February 23rd, 1981 (Wiesenburg / Zauch-Belzig)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Führer 7./Grenadier-Regiment 284 / 96. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

September 21st, 1944

Awarded for distinguishing himself with his Kompanie during the defense of Jezierna (a village southeast of Zborow on the Strypa) during mid-July 1944.

• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht