Wehrpass pioneer 34.Infanterie-Division Orel Brjansk KIA 1943

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Walter Wöffler, Lance Corporal (Gefreiter) Army pioneers and infantry

1) Wehrpass, 10.2.40.
2) Condolence letter from the factory where he was manager, 12.8.43.

Manager born 1908 in Jägersfreude living in Völklingen-Saar. He was a managwer at the iron factory „Röchlingsche Eisen und Stahlwerke“ in Völklingen. He served: Jun.-Nov.42 with the staff of Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon 33 in Mainz; Nov.42-Apr.43 with Infanterie-Pionier-E.u.A.-Kompanie 34 also based in Mainz; May marching to the front; May-Aug.43 with 2./Grenadier-Regiment 253 of the 34.Infanterie-Division active in Middle Russia (Orel, Brjansk). On 24.7.43 in Bragino he got severely injured when he was shot by infantry through his left upper calf and abdomen and died in hospital in Zichenau Poland on 9.8.43.

Recent information German War Casualties Organization:
Surname: Wöffler
Forename: Walter
Rank: Gefreiter
Date of birth: 03.05.1908
Place of birth: Dudweiler
Date of death/becoming missing: 09.08.1943
Place of death/becoming missing: nicht verzeichnet
Walter Wöffler is buried in the military cemetery in Saarbrücken-Herrensohr.
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