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Draxenberger, Josef 'Sepp' (SS-Panzer-Regiment 5)

Date of birth:
March 27th, 1921 (Landau)
Date of death:
March 23rd, 1945 (Stuhlweissenburg / Szekesfehervar, Hungary)
Buried on:
German War Graves Szekesfehervar
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Stabskompanie, Panzer-Regiment 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"
Awarded on:
April 17th, 1945

Awarded posthumously.

proposal arrived at HPA on 06.04.1945 ; entry in book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" ; HPA-VV [=own, newly made proposal for final decision and signature] with #5026 is not handled in the ordinary procedere ; Karteikarte has entry date and date of handing over (08.04.) ; award date "17.04.1945" presumably originates by Krätschmer ; the column which states the award finally done in the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" is empty and was closed on 16.05.1945 [=last working day of HPA]
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001

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