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Balstad, Johan Petter (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
September 25th, 1924 (Koppang)
Date of death:
June 18th, 1985 (Hovseter-Oslo, Norway)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
Norwegian

Biography

27.07.1941: SS-Junkerschule Sennheim
06.09.1943-11.03.1944: 11. Kriegsjunkerlehrgang, SS-Junkerschule, Bad Tölz
SS-Standartenoberjunker, 7. Kompanie, SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt 23 «Norge», 11. SS-Panzergrenaderdivision «Nordland»
21.06.1944: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
06.10.1944: severely WIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Frontkjempermerket
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Truppführer, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge", 11. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Nordland'
Awarded on:
August 1944
For a T 34 tank destroyed with a panzerfaust in August 1944.
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Truppführer, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge", 11. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Nordland'
Awarded on:
August 1944
For a T 34 tank destroyed with a panzerfaust in August 1944.
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Truppführer, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge", 11. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Nordland'
Awarded on:
August 1944

For a T 34 tank destroyed near Baldone in September 1944.
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

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