german soldier

[jas]

hello,

i received a response from WAST on my great uncle. from the info i received is there anything here i can go forward with? anyone else i can contact? since he died in russia is there info there that they might have? i have checked volksbund and had no luck. the info i received is below

dog-tag:49-MG (machine-gun) Kp (company) 8 - IR30 (infantry regiment 30)

units: per report dated Nov 16,1939 8th MG Co IR30
per report dated Nov 12,1940 8th MG Co IR30 (motorized)

allocation: 18th InfDiv from Nov, 1940 18th InfDiv (motorized)

areas of service:
from Sept 1939: Kutno, Warshaw
from Dez 1939: in the West
from Jan 1940 til May 1940: lower Rhine area, Ypern
from June 1940: France
from Oct 1940: Commander of the Reserve Army in the Military District VIII (Breslau) in home area in build-up process

from Nov 14, 1940 and per report dated Sept 22, 1943:
8th MG Co, InfRegiment 448; allocated to 137th InfDiv
area of service: see attachment

KIA: Sept 22, 1943 in Karpowitschi/Russia due to infantry bullet in the head

For this I recommend a request to the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraeberfürsorge e.V. in Kassel, POBox 103840, 34112 Kassel *

The death was documented on June 17, 1944 at the register office in Ober-Leschen, county Sprottau, listing number 21

rank: per report dated Nov 14, 1940 Private 1st class
per report dated Sept 22, 1943 Lance Corporal (no promotion date available)