PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Sborowski, Richard
Date of birth: May 24th, 1914 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:  October 12th, 1943 (Grigorowka/Poltava Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:  German War Cemetery Kiev-Syrez
Row: 8.  
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
The remains of Richard Sborowski's were without having been identified, buried in an grave of an unknown soldier in Plot 8 at the German Cemetery near Kiev.
     
MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 1. OKTOBER 1938
Rank: Schütze (Private)
Unit: 6. / Infanterie-Regiment 76
Awarded on: November 29th, 1939
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Rank: Unteroffizier (Corporal)
Unit: 6. / Infanterie-Regiment 76
Awarded on: July 24th, 1941
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ
Awarded on: October 25th, 1941
Action: Received for a single wound inflicted on 21st September 1941.
 
     
INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN
Rank: Unteroffizier (Corporal)
Unit: 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 76 (motorisiert)
Awarded on: November 12th, 1941
Details: Bronze version.
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Rank: Unteroffizier (Corporal)
Unit: Infanterie-Regiment 76
Awarded on: April 20th, 1942
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER
Rank: Unteroffizier (Corporal)
Unit: 6. / Infanterie-Regiment 76
Awarded on: July 18th, 1942
Action: Received for a double wound inflicted on 27th June 1942.
 
     
MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)
Awarded on: September 21st, 1942
Details: Announcement dated 7th September 1942 that all documents are filled in and posted to be able to receive the "Ostmedaille".
Request by the Reserve Lazerett XVII to receive the "Ostmedaille" and to write it in the Soldbuch, dated 21st September 1942.
 
     
PANZERVERNICHTUNGSABZEICHEN IN SILBER
Rank: Unteroffizier (Corporal)
Awarded on: September 20th, 1942
Details: Announcement that the decoration was awarded on 20th September 1942 by "Einschreiben"dated 25th September 1942.
 
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit: 6. / Grenadier-Regiment 76 (motorisiert)
Awarded on: February 23rd, 1943
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD
Rank: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit: 6. / Grenadier-Regiment 76 (motorisiert)
Awarded on: February 25th, 1943
Action: Received for five wounds inflicted on 21st September 1941, 5th April 1942, 27th June 1942, 29th November 1942 and 25th December 1942.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Verleihungsurkunde 1 Oktober, EK2, EK1
- Besitzzeugnis Verwundetenabzeichen Schwarz, Silber, Gold, ISA
- Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis DKiG
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
- 20.Panzergrenadierdivision
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