SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Waldmüller
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Date of Birth: 13 September 1912 Awards: Iron Cross II: 1 April 1941 Iron Cross I: 15 August 1941 Infantry assualt Badge: 30 December 1941 Eastern Front Medal: 1 August 1942 German Cross in Gold: 15 May 1943 Wound Badge in Silver: 15 June 1943 Knight's Cross: 27 August 1944 Commissioned Ranks: Commissioned: 20 April 1937 SS-Obersturmführer: 11 September 1938 SS-Hauptsturmführer: 20 April 1940 SS-Sturmbannführer: 21 June 1943 Date of Death: 8 September 1944 |
Hans Waldmüller was born in Bamberg Germany on 13 September 1913.He joined the Waffen SS in 1934, and was transfered to the Sicherheitsdienst (security service) in May 1937. In the summer of 1940 he was transfered to the LSSAH were he went on to distinguish himself, winning the Iron Cross first and second class. On 21 June 1943 he was promoted to Sturmbannführer. Waldmüller was awarded the Knights Cross on 27 August 1944. He was killed near Basse-Bodeux by Belgian partisians on 8 September 1944.