SS-Unterscharführer Horst Metzger (Sergeant) was a Panzer crewman in a PzKfw IV of the 6th Company, 2.SS Panzer Division "Das Reich", who was killed in action near Saint-Lô, when his tank received a direct hit, which penetrated the armor plate (due to its heavy caliber) and fatally wounded him, during the heavy fighting in the Normandy region, during World War II. (Bio by Jay Lance)
Family:
Herbert Metzger (Father) - WW1 Veteran
Gustel née Scheuermann (Mother)
Edith Metzger (Sister)
All living in Unterhausen (now Lichtenstein), Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
SS-Unterscharführer Horst Metzger (Sergeant) was a Panzer crewman in a PzKfw IV of the 6th Company, 2.SS Panzer Division "Das Reich", who was killed in action near Saint-Lô, when his tank received a direct hit, which penetrated the armor plate (due to its heavy caliber) and fatally wounded him, during the heavy fighting in the Normandy region, during World War II. (Bio by Jay Lance)
Family:
Herbert Metzger (Father) - WW1 Veteran
Gustel née Scheuermann (Mother)
Edith Metzger (Sister)
All living in Unterhausen (now Lichtenstein), Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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