Born: 18.02.1915 in Hessisch Lichtenau
joined 1st Company of Panzerregiment 1as a recruit in November 1936,
transferred in Autumn of 1937 to the Signals platoon of the I. Abteilung (radio operator),
served as an Unteroffizier in I. Abteilung during the Polish Campaign,
transferred in 1940 to the 2nd Company of Panzerersatzabteilung 1,
is listed in the ranks of Kraftfahr-Ersatzabteilung 26 in Euskirchen in 1941/42, rank: Feldwebel
further fate after 1942 unknown