Date of birth:

October 30th, 1917 (Schmalkalden/Thüringia, Germany)

Date of death:

April 24th, 2002 (Cayey, Puerto Rico)

Nationality:

German

Destroyed a total of 22 tanks over the course of his career.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer 3. / Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667

Awarded on:

September 4th, 1942

Awarded for the successes of his battery of Sturmgeschütze in the fighting around Rzhev in August 1942. During these battles, in which they supported the 161. Infanterie-Division, Wagner's battery destroyed 83 Soviet tanks. Wagner and his crew alone destroyed 18 on the 29/30 August.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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  - SCHERZER, VEIT & FARWICK, WERNER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Sturmartillerie 1939-1945, Verlag Veit Scherzer, 2012.
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945