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Klausgraber, Franz

Date of birth:
October 26th, 1906 (Vienna, Austria)
Date of death:
June 11th, 1944 (Hauptverbandplatz 1/364 Thumacz/Tłumacz, Sereth-Dniestr - Ukraine)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Potylicz / Potelitsch
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

Oberstleutnant Franz Klausgraber was posthumously promoted to Oberst.
He died of his wounds on June 11th, 1944 near Stanislau/Ivano-Frankivsk in the Ukraine as Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 975 - 367.ID.

02.09.1934: Leutnant - Alpenjäger-Regiment 8 - Wels
01.06.1938: promoted to Oberleutnant
03.01.1939: Oberleutnant and Chef - 12./ III./ Inf.Rgt. 135
01.10.1940: promoted to Hauptmann

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur III. / Infanterie-Regiment 227 - 100.Jäger-Division
Awarded on:
March 13th, 1942
Jäger-Regiment 227
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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