WW2 Death Card of Gefreiter Franz Rickl, who served in a panzer division.

[Heartfeltzero]

Throughout his service he was awarded the black wound badge. One the info I could find he served with 8th Company, Panzer Regiment 15. I’m unsure of what type of tank he served in or what position he operated. On February 13th 1943 he was killed in action at Alexandrowka and is buried in Konstantinowka by Donezk, Ukraine. Any additional info on him would be greatly appreciated if possible.

[hucks216]

This thread on AHF has information on the structure of a panzer division in the summer of 1943 and includes 11.Pz.Division:

Structure of a Panzer Division in 1943 - Axis History Forum

[BlackCat1982]

Here is his casualty card

[Willmore]

His cause of death looks like -

Gefallen : Panzergranat Volltreffer im panzer verbrannt
Killed in action : Tank shell direct hit burned in the tank

Kind regards,

Will.

[Heartfeltzero]

Thank you!

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Oh wow. Very interesting. Thank you!

[BlackCat1982]

There are two additional versions of his death card on file:





His home town had me stumped as I had thought it might be in Silesia/Poland as many of the personnel from Pz Rgt 15 would have been drawn from that part of the World. The handwriting on the other card makes it a bit easier to read.

[Paul D]

Sagan now in Poland is the town adjacent to Stalag Luft III the Great escape camp .