One of my research interests are soldiers that participated in sustained close combat.
Locations and dates can be researched through Close-Combat-Day lists. These Close-Combat-Day lists can be found in the Soldbuch or less often in the Wehrpass. Having the accompanying Solduch or Wehrpass not only provides plenty of details about the combatant and his fate, they also put a face to the man.
Besides the actual close-combat days listed by dates and locations, the lists usually had rank and surname of the soldier mentioned. Some CCD lists have additional information like dob and man’s first name. Also the unit is sometimes noted or can be identified from the stamp. In other cases the CCD list is void of any identification to the combatant.
A lone CCD list without an accompanying Soldbuch, Wehrpass or other documents can make it very difficult to find information on a soldier.
Recently I acquired such a lone CCD list that came with only one other document, a wound badge in black award. From this CCD list I was able to gather the rank, first name, last name and the locations with dates of the 22 close combat engagements the man participated in. The unit was not mentioned on the CCD list and the unit stamps cannot be positively identified.
Gefreiter Richard Quanz
Locations and dates can be researched through Close-Combat-Day lists. These Close-Combat-Day lists can be found in the Soldbuch or less often in the Wehrpass. Having the accompanying Solduch or Wehrpass not only provides plenty of details about the combatant and his fate, they also put a face to the man.
Besides the actual close-combat days listed by dates and locations, the lists usually had rank and surname of the soldier mentioned. Some CCD lists have additional information like dob and man’s first name. Also the unit is sometimes noted or can be identified from the stamp. In other cases the CCD list is void of any identification to the combatant.
A lone CCD list without an accompanying Soldbuch, Wehrpass or other documents can make it very difficult to find information on a soldier.
Recently I acquired such a lone CCD list that came with only one other document, a wound badge in black award. From this CCD list I was able to gather the rank, first name, last name and the locations with dates of the 22 close combat engagements the man participated in. The unit was not mentioned on the CCD list and the unit stamps cannot be positively identified.
Gefreiter Richard Quanz
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