Born: 13.10.1917 in Erfurt
MIA in Stalingrad
joined the 5th Company of Panzerregiment 1 in 1937/1938,
pursued the career of an Unteroffizier,
served in the 5thCompany during 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,
listed as missing in Stalingrad, last rank: Feldwebel