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Büchting, Andreas

Date of birth:
January 17th, 1896 (Danzig/Western Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
October 24th, 1942 (El Alamein, Egypt)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst
Unit:
Nachrichtenführer Panzer-Armeeoberkommando Afrika
Awarded on:
August 20th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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