Date of birth:

October 8th, 1912 (Niedermorschweiler/Mühlhausen (Alsace), Germany)

Date of death:

April 13th, 1945 (Memmelsdorf/Untermerzbach, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel

Unit:

7./Panzer-Regiment 15

Awarded on:

August 8th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer 7./Panzer-Regiment 15

Awarded on:

March 24th, 1943

Awarded for his being one of the most successful tank commanders of the Panzer-Regiment 35. In total he claimed 96 enemy tanks destroyed.

• Photo 1: Andreas Pfeiffer
• - DEBUS, ARNO, Die Ritterkreuzträger der 4. Panzer-Division: 1939 - 1945, Selbstverl. des Hrsg., 2011.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht