serviceyears servicenumber branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1936 -- 44 nsdap 4,137,044 ss 142,869 23px waffen ss modlin , poland 11 october 1944 augsburg , germany nazi germany 3rd ss panzer division totenkopf knight leaves 's cross of the iron cross with oak world war ii 19 may 1913 sturmbannführer fritz biermeier
 fritz biermeier
fritz biermeier

fritz biermeier -lrb- 19 may 1913 -- 11 october 1944 -rrb- was a sturmbannführer -lrb- storm unit leader/major -rrb- in the waffen ss who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves during world war ii .
he was born 19 may 1913 in augsburg and after volunteering for the ss he was given the ss service number 142 869 and the nsdap party number 4 137 044 and was a graduate of the ss junker school at braunschweig in 1937 .
he would go onto command the 2nd battalion of the 3rd ss panzer regiment , 3rd ss panzer division totenkopf being awarded a posthumous oak leaves to the knight 's cross .
