Wehrpass Obergefreiter Panzerjäger 75.Infanterie-Division KIA 1942 Russia

(D22478)

Gerhard Raatz, Corporal (Obergefreiter) army anti tank unit Panzerjäger

• Wehrpass, 29.11.38. Perforated.
• Pass photo.
• Document from army district office Kolberg for sending his Wehrpass to his father because he was KIA, 27.6.44.

Entitled to: General Assault Badge (11.12.41) and Winter War Medal (26.8.42).

Born 1920 in Kolberg. RAD service Dec.38-Dec.39 while Oct.-Dec.39 active as a Truppführer, troop leader in the campaign in Poland working with army construction unit Bau-Bataillon 35. He served: Jan.40 with anti tank unit Panzer-Abwehr-Ersatz-Abteilung 2 in his hometown Kolberg; Mar.40-May 42 with Panzer-Abwehr-Abteilung 175 (Apr.40 renamed Panzerjäger-Abteilung 175) of the 75.Infanterie-Division, 1940 active in France (Maginot line, Epinal) and occupation force Poland, 1941-42 in southern Russia (Cholm, Kiew, Belgorod). He was KIA in Grafowka Russia on 22.3.42. Not moved to a war cemetery after WW2, so probably still buried in his field grave.

Recent information German War Casualties Organization:
Gerhard Raatz
Date of birth 19.09.1920
Place of birth Kolberg
Death/missing date 18.05.1942
Death/missing place Grafowka
Service rank Obergefreiter
Gerhard Raatz was not recovered during our re-interment activities. The planned transfer to the collective cemetery in Kursk – Besedino was, therefore, unfortunately not possible. His name will be recorded in the cemetery’s memorial book.