Career
In a five-month period of fighting he was awarded the two grades of the Iron Cross, the Knight"s Cross and the Oak leaves. Primozic became the first noncommissioned officer in the history of the German Army, and seventh in the Wehrmacht, to be awarded the Knight"s Cross with Oak Leaves. In the late summer of 1942 he was Wachtmeister (Sergeant) and squad leader of the 2nd battery of the Sturmgeschützabteilung 667.
Primozic was born on 16 February 1914 in Backnang, the son of a tanner who was killed in action in World War I. Primozic joined the Reichswehr and fought in the French campaign as a field artillery gunner.
In 1942 he joined the 667th Sturmgeschutz battalion which was sent to the Eastern Front. He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 September 1942 and promoted to Staff Sergeant.
On 28 January 1943 he was awarded the, being simultaneously commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant. His last Wehrmacht rank was Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant).
He died on March 18, 1996 in Fulda.
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