Date of birth:

September 30th, 1923 (Mönchengladbach/Rhine Province)

Date of death:

April 19th, 1947 (Soviet POW camp)

Nationality:

German

Willi Lith entered the Waffen-SS on October 1st, 1942.

Career:
?: Hitlerjugend (HJ);
October 1st, 1942 - November 17th, 1942: Grundausbildung Ersatz / SS-Polizei-Infanterie-Regiment 1;
November 18th, 1942 - July 1943: MG-Schütze, 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
August 1943 - December 1943: Gewehrführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
December 1943: Kompanie-Truppführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
July 1944 - September 1944: Zugführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
September 1944 - October 1944: Kompanieführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke";
October 1944: Kompanie-Truppführer 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke".
19.04.1947: died in soviet captivity

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