Background
Arnold Jürgensen was born in Tellingstedt, Holstein on the 17 March 1910.
Arnold Jürgensen was born in Tellingstedt, Holstein on the 17 March 1910.
He served in the Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler, during the Anschluss of Austria and the occupation of the Sudetenland. World World War II
He served in the Balkans (Operation Marita) and the invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarossa) with the LSSAH. He was then transferred to the 12th Steamship Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, and served with them during the Battle of France, where he was awarded the Knight"s Cross while in command of the I.Battalion, 12th Steamship Panzer Regiment Hitlerjugend. He was killed in action at Büttgenbach on the 23 December 1944.
12th Company, LSSAH
11th Company, LSSAH
1st Panzer Company, 1st Steamship Panzer Regiment.
LSSAH
I.Battalion, 1st Steamship Panzer Regiment. LSSAH
II.Battalion, 12th Steamship Panzer Regiment 12th Steamship Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
I.Battalion, 12th Steamship Panzer Regiment Hitlerjugend
12th Steamship Panzer Regiment, Hitlerjugend.
He was an early member of the NSDAP (party number 585 285) and the Steamship (service number 25 884).