Wehrpass assistance needed

[jager100]

Hi Guys,
another wehrpass I need translating, I know the wehrpass is a copy or second issue and I can see he got the black wound badge, was this guy injured or killed in the battle for stalingrad ?
many thanks in advance for your time and expertise,
Regards,
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[Gerdan]

Indeed I found your guy in the Volksbund list.He was KIA.


Nachname: Hein
Vorname: Karl
Dienstgrad: Soldat
Geburtsdatum: 11.03.1921
Geburtsort: Rinderfeld
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 08.08.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Feld Laz. (m.) 3 Schirkowskij

His grave has not been found till now.

Gerdan

[Russ Schulke]

100 Km west of Stalingrad!

On 08.08.1942 the North front line was over 90-100 Km west of Stalingrad!



Russ

www.fireonthevolga.com

[Gerdan]

Dealing with the place name Schirkowski I found this:

Oblast Smolensk, Cholm-Schirkowski rajon

Gerdan

[jager100]

Now I am confused, in the wehrpass it clearly states battle of stalingrad

[Gerdan]

The exact text (page 32, last entry) in the Wehrpass is:

"17.8.42 - 8.8.42 Angriffsschlacht auf Stalingrad". The dates are a contradiction because the

printed text says that the battle started 17.8.42 but our guy was already KIA 8.8.42. This date

which was added by hand. I think your soldier was killed in the time of the final preparations of

the "Schlacht von Stalingrad" which officially started later than 8.8.42.

Gerdan