Allegiance Nazi Germany Years of service 1933–43 | Service/branch Waffen-SS Name Georg Schonberger | |
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Died 20 November 1943(1943-11-20) (aged 31)
Brusilov, Ukraine Rank Obersturmbannfuhrer (Lieutenant Colonel) Unit 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler | ||
Georg Schonberger (21 December 1911 — 20 November 1943) was an Obersturmbannfuhrer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. During Operation Marita Schonberger was in command of the Sturmgeschutz (Assault gun) Battalion LSSAH. He was later given command of the I/Battalion, SS Panzer Regiment 1. It was during his command of the 1st SS Panzer Regiment that he was killed in action by artillery shrapnel on November 20, 1943 in the Zhitomir fighting. and was awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in December 1943.
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