OLBOETER, Erich
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Olboeter, Erich Date of birth:  June 26th, 1917 (Eberswalde/Berlin, Germany) Date of death:  September 2nd, 1944 (Hirson/Picardie, France) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Olboeter joined the Waffen-SS in September of 1934. He was killed on 2 September 1944 near Hirson France.       INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN Awarded on: October 2nd, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: SS-Obersturmführer Awarded on: November 8th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: July 20th, 1941         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER Awarded on: March 22nd, 1943         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer Unit: 5. / Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" Awarded on: March 21st, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer Unit: Kommandeur III.(gepanzerte) / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 26 / 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" Awarded on: July 27th, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Andrew Straube Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X