Riefkogel, Waldemar (Waffen SS)
- Date of birth:
- January 7th, 1913 (Sarstedt/Hannover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 30th, 1944 (Kisielany-Kuce, Poland)
- Buried on:
- Polish War Cemetery Pulawy
Plot: 2. Row: 25. Grave: 1944. - Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 229.338 // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
00.10.1934: joined the Polizei
00.00.1934-00.00.1936: Unteroffizier, Infanterie-Regiment 59
00.11.1936: transferred to the Schutzpolizei Hannover
00.09.1939: Feldwebel, Polizei-Division, campaign in Poland
00.01.1940: promoted to Leutnant der Schützpolizei
00.05.1940: SS-Polizei-Division - campaign in France
00.08.1941: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, 10. Kompanie, SS-Polizei-Infanterie-Regiment 2, 4. SS-Panzergrenadier-Polizei-Division
00.01.1942: WIA
00.02.1942: Lehrgang, Panzerschule Wünsdorf
00.11.1942: SS-Ostuf, Führer, 1. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 3, 3.SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"
00.03.1943: distinguished himself in the battles of Chugueva
09.11.1943: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer
00.00.1944: SS-Hstuf, Führer, 2. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 3, 3.SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"
28.07.1944: SS-Hstuf, WIA in battle east of Warsaw and DOW at the Lazarett the same day
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Schützpolizei
- Unit:
- SS-Polizei-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Schützpolizei
- Unit:
- SS-Polizei-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer, 1. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 3, 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf"
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo 2:
- Photo 3:
- - MOONEY, PETER, Waffen-SS Knights and their Battles, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2010.
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Death Notice
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