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Scharnitzky, Egon

Date of birth:
March 28th, 1919 (Gotha/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 18th, 1991 (Amberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Service number:
364554 (SS No.)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Egon Scharnitzky sometimes mitakenly is referred to as Egon Scharnitsky.

Promotions:
1st June 1940: SS-Sturmmann;
1st April 1941: SS-Rottenführer;
1st September 1941: SS-Unterscharführer;
1st March 1943: Junker;
1st April 1943: SS-Standartenjunker;
20th May 1943: SS-Standartenoberjunker;
1st September 1943: SS-Untersturmführer.

Career:
?: 9. Kriegs-Junkerlehrgang an der SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig;
?: Zugführer, 1. Zug, 15. (Pionier) Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 37;
1944: Führer, 15. (Pionier) Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 37.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Awarded on:
June 27th, 1944
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Awarded on:
June 27th, 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Awarded on:
August 6th, 1944

Lost his left arm in Normandy in July 1944.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Awarded on:
November 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Awarded on:
November 1944
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1945
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

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