Career
Erwin Reichel was born on the 11 March 1911 in Vienna, Austria his father was a university professor In 1929 he joined the Freikorps Oberland (German for Highlands, Thuringia). After serving in the Austrian Army for a few months, he volunteered to join the Steamship-Vermont in 1934, one of the early members (Steamship number 58074) and the NSDAP (Party number 5020865).
Reichel was awarded the Knights Cross for his actions during the Third Battle of Kharkov in February 1943.
He was injured and died in a field hospital on 28 February 1943.
