PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Walter Pitsch
rdfs:comment
  • Walter Pitsch (13 July 1920 – 29 July 2005) was a Hauptscharführer in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 May 1945, he was the last member of the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and the only member of the Division's Anti Aircraft battalion to be given the award. At the time of his award Pitsch was the commander of the 4th Battery, 1st SS Anti Aircraft Battalion, LSSAH.
Unit
  • 1
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
serviceyears
  • 1939
Birth Date
  • 1920-07-13
Branch
  • 23
Name
  • Walter Pitsch
Birth Place
  • Saarbrücken, Germany
Awards
death date
  • 2005-07-29
Rank
Battles
abstract
  • Walter Pitsch (13 July 1920 – 29 July 2005) was a Hauptscharführer in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 May 1945, he was the last member of the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and the only member of the Division's Anti Aircraft battalion to be given the award. At the time of his award Pitsch was the commander of the 4th Battery, 1st SS Anti Aircraft Battalion, LSSAH.