Pongratz, Josef

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Date of birth:: April 26th, 1923 (Grabitz/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: April 15th, 2017 (Rosenheim/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: October 20th, 1943

Nahkampfspange in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:: Gruppenführer, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 246, 88. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: September 20th, 1944

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- DÖRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.

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