Dietel, Gerhard (Kradschützen-Bataillon 40)
- Date of birth:
- October 14th, 1920 (Wachsdorf, Bayreuth/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 9th, 1942 (Wyschneje/Russia, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Dukhovshchina
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
1st February 1941: Leutnant.
09.02.1942: Oberleutnant, KIA at Poljany 18 km North of Moszalsk
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
- Unit:
- 2. Kompanie (MG), Kradschützen-Bataillon 40, 10. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 18th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 4. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 40, 10. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 4. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 40, 10. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1942
Proposed on 24th January 1942.
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
- Verleihungsurkunde EK2, EK1
- Incidentes y acciones en el Frente del Este - 1941. - Foro Segunda Guerra Mundial
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