Born: 10.10.1917 in Eschweiler
MIA 1943 in Stalingrad
joined Panzerregiment 1 in November 1938,
served as Panzerschütze with the staff of the II. Abteilung during the Polish and French Campaigns,
transferred in August 1940 to Panzerersatzabteilung 1 and shortly thereafter, to the workshop company of Panzerregiment 18,
transferred in May 1942 to the newly formed Panzerabteilung 160,
MIA in the Stalingrad pocket, last rank: Obergefreiter