Born: 27.09.1913 in Nürnberg
KIA: 03.10.1942 near Kusmitschi (Stalingrad)
served in 1934/35 in the 5th Lehrtrupp of Kraftfahrlehrkommando II Ohrdruf,
transferred in October 1935 to the 5th Company of Panzerregiment 1,
served in the 5th Company as a Feldwebel in the Polish and French Campaigns,
transferred in August 1940 to the 3rd Company of Panzerabteilung A and shortly thereafter, to the 3rd Company of Panzerregiment 18,
transferred in 1942 to the newly formed Panzerabteilung 160,
KIA on 03.10.1942 near Kusmitschi in the Stalingrad region (anti-tank hit), last rank: Oberfeldwebel