Lorenz, Alfred
- Date of birth:
- May 17th, 1920 (Giersdorf/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 20th, 1989 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Known promotions:
4th quarter 1940: Schütze
4th quarter 1941: Obergefreiter
Octobre 1st 1942: Unteroffizier
Novembre 1st 1943: Feldwebel
4th quarter 1944: Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel
2nd quarter 1945: Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Schütze
- Unit:
- 7. / Infanterie-Regiment 485 / 263.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- 1941
Exact date unknown.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 7. / Grenadier-Regiment 485 / 263.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- March 1943
Exact date unknown.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 7. / II. / Grenadier-Regiment 485 / 58.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- 1943
Awarded somewhere in the winter of 1943. Exact date unknown. The II. Bataillon was at that time a non installed Alarm-Bataillon within the 58.Infanterie-Division, functioning under the Grenadier-Regiment 485.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 485, 263. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- February 11th, 1944
Awarding date is 17-2-1944 in Patzwall / Scherzer.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 7. / Grenadier-Regiment 485 / 263.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 2nd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel
- Unit:
- Ordonnanzoffizier, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 485, 263. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1944
The rank is Feldwebel in Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel (Sergeant First Class)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 7. / Grenadier-Regiment 485 / 263.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2004
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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