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Hinz, Gustav (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
June 15th, 1919 (Sundwig/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Date of death:
February 22nd, 1945 (near Daleiden)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Daleiden
Plot: B. Grave: 228.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 364.021 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
01.04.1940: SS-Sturmmann
01.06.1940: SS-Rottenführer
00.00.1941: SS-Unterscharführer
00.00.1942: SS-Oberscharführer
00.00.1943: SS-Hauptscharführer

Career:
00.11.1938: SS-Mann. 12(MG)./ LSSAH
00.08.1940: SS-Rottenführer, 12(MG)./ LSSAH then 13(IG)./ LSSAH
00.09.1940: SS-Rottf. Fuhrerbewerber,J.Sch.Tolz
00.02.1941: SS-Uscha., 13(IG)./ LSSAH
00.03.1943: SS-Hscha. 9./ SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.1, LSSAH
00.02.1945: SS-Hscha. 8./ SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.1, LSSAH

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1940
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 LSSAH
Awarded on:
February 14th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1
Awarded on:
February 17th, 1945
Nahkampfspange in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Scheibert H., Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold (Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS) und Deutschen Kreuzes in Silber (Heer, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS)
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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