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Schwanbeck, Walter

Date of birth:
November 2nd, 1921 (Retschow/Mecklenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
August 30th, 1944 (In a hospital in East Prussia)
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.08.1940: entered the Army
1941-1942: Kavallerist - Ersatz-Schwadron
01.1943: Kavallerie-Regiment Mitte, 3. Kavallerie-Brigade
04.1943: Gefreiter, 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
Campaign in the Pripjet Marshes and region Narew and along the River Bug
1944: promote to Unteroffizier and lightly WIA


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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
Awarded on:
February 5th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
Gruppenführer, 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31, 3. Kavallerie-Brigade, XX. Armeekorps
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
Gruppenführer, 2. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 31
Awarded on:
1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold

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