Werner Klein, Feldwebel receives this second issue soldbuch on the 13.8.1942 while already with the 1./ Infanterie Regiment 9 then renamed 1./Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 of the 26.Panzer Division.
When He got the soldbuch Klein had been with Infanterie Regiment 9 for a while the regiment was part of the 23.Infanterie Division that fought in Poland,France and in the central sector of Russia until June 1942 where it taken from the front and sent to refit in Charleroi in Belgium.
On the 10.September 1942 the Majority of the 23.Infanterie Division was renamed and "upgraded" to 26.Panzer Division. A smal part of the 23.ID instead will reform a new 23.Infanterie Division before being redeployed in Russia again.
The New 26.Panzer Division will remain in Charleroi for 1 years to train until June 1943 where it gets transferred to Italy.
In August 1943 Klein and his Division is in Calabria fighting the Americans while retreating further north then in September 1943 They fight the Allied landed at SALERNO.
on the 23.9.1942 the Regiment is somewhere Just north of Acerno (north of Salerno) and Klein gets Killes in Action.
He rests in the German Military Cemetery in Cassino. His soldbuch and Half of his dog tag were taken from the body (soldbuch still soaked with dirt & blood) and sent to the Family.
When He got the soldbuch Klein had been with Infanterie Regiment 9 for a while the regiment was part of the 23.Infanterie Division that fought in Poland,France and in the central sector of Russia until June 1942 where it taken from the front and sent to refit in Charleroi in Belgium.
On the 10.September 1942 the Majority of the 23.Infanterie Division was renamed and "upgraded" to 26.Panzer Division. A smal part of the 23.ID instead will reform a new 23.Infanterie Division before being redeployed in Russia again.
The New 26.Panzer Division will remain in Charleroi for 1 years to train until June 1943 where it gets transferred to Italy.
In August 1943 Klein and his Division is in Calabria fighting the Americans while retreating further north then in September 1943 They fight the Allied landed at SALERNO.
on the 23.9.1942 the Regiment is somewhere Just north of Acerno (north of Salerno) and Klein gets Killes in Action.
He rests in the German Military Cemetery in Cassino. His soldbuch and Half of his dog tag were taken from the body (soldbuch still soaked with dirt & blood) and sent to the Family.
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