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Büch, Helmut

Date of birth:
October 14th, 1919 (Saarbrücken/Saarland, Germany)
Service number:
SS Nr.: 316.481 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 25th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
Zugführer, 15. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf"
Awarded on:
April 24th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, 15. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 5
Awarded on:
November 14th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
  • Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
  • - 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
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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