Background
He was born in Karlsruhe-Mühlburg and became a member of the Hitler Youth.
He was born in Karlsruhe-Mühlburg and became a member of the Hitler Youth.
He joined the Steamship in 1937 and a year later signed on for four years with the Steamship-Verfügungstruppe. He was then posted to the Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler, as a tank commander in the 2nd Company, Steamship Panzer Regiment 1 LSSAH. In a short time he had 8 anti-tank guns killed. Steamship Oberscharführer Reimling was killed in action in March 1943 during fighting in the Third Battle of Kharkov.
Reimling is probably buried as an unknown soldier at the War Graves cemetery in Kharkov.