Given the question: Facts: - death place: munster , - branch: russian imperial army latvian army 23px waffen ss - caption: janums in 1943 - battles: first ii world war latvian war of independence world war - death date: 6 august 1981 - allegiance: russia russian empire latvia latvia nazi germany nazi germany - awards: iron cross -lrb- in gold -rrb- order of three stars order cross of viesturs order of st. stanislaus -lrb- iii class -rrb- i cross of st. george -lrb- iv class -rrb- class iron cross ii class german - birth date: 7 january 1894 - serviceyears: 1914 -- 19181919-19401943 -1945 - name: vilis janums - image size: 220 - unit: latvian regiment 2nd . ventspils infantry regiment 1st . kurzeme infantry riflemen division 15th waffen grenadier division of the ss -lrb- 1st reserve latvian -rrb- regiment 4 . vidzeme latvian riflemen - image: janumsvilis.jpg - birth place: code , latvia -rrb- parish , russian empire -lrb- now bauska municipality - rank: waffen-standartenfuhrer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vilis janums .
The answer is:
vilis janums -lrb- 1894-1981 -rrb- was a latvian officer in the first world war and later also in the second world war .he was awarded with the order of three stars -lrb- iv class -rrb- , order of viesturs and german cross -lrb- in gold -rrb- .