Date of birth:

May 30th, 1914 (Golzwarden/Oldenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

January 15th, 2004 (Oberursel/Hesse, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
01.11.1935: Schütze;
29.12.1937: Leutnant der Reserve;
15.11.1938: Leutnant;
17.03.1941: Oberleutnant;
31.08.1942: Hauptmann;
01.04.1943: Major;
19.10.1943: SS-Sturmmann;
15.11.1944: Oberstleutnant.

Career:
1st November 1935: Infanterie-Regiment 15;
?: Infanterie-Regiment 116;
?: 13. (IG) Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 116;
26th August 1939: 2. / Infanterie-Regiment 116;
1940: Führer 2. / Infanterie-Regiment 116;
9th August 1940: 1. / Nachrichten-Abteilung 171;
1941: 2. / Infanterie-Regiments 116;
25th January 1942: Offiziers-Anwärter-Lehrgang Heeres-Nachrichtenschule I;
1st March 1943: with Inspekteur des Erziehungs- und Bildungswesens;
?: Reichsjugendführer;
1st March 1944: with Chef der Heeresrüstung und dem Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres und Generalinspekteur des Führernachwuchses (GjF);
August 1944: with Generalkommando LXXXV. Armee-Korps;
20th September 1944: with Generalinspekteur des Führernachwuchses (GjF);
1st November 1944: Kommandeur Schule I für Fahnenjunker der Infanterie, Dresden.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 3rd, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, 2. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 116, 9. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

November 28th, 1940

Awarded for:

Operation Fall Rot

The following wartime excerpt describes why Becker was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Leutnant Becker distinguished himself in the foremost line as a fearless and exemplary commander during the heavy defensive combat in the Amiens bridgehead in the same manner as he did during all attacks by the Bataillon. During the village battle near Remiencourt the attack bogged down before the Noye creek, and in response he was the first to swim across to the opposite bank despite the enemy’s defense. He was also the first man in an assault boat during the crossing over the la Creuse river. He managed to conquer the river despite the enemy’s defense along its shore, and he thereafter successfully crushed the enemy’s resistance nests with an assault detachment.”

In addition to the actions described in this text, Becker had also previously distinguished himself with his Kompanie in Saleux and the adjacent Hill 61 on the 27.05.1940, a day on which they defended against 21 tanks and 5-6 companies of colonial troops. Becker and his men also distinguished themselves during the bitter combat for the village of Dury, a keystone of an Allied defensive position. Here Becker and his men ruthlessly plunged into the western part of the staunchly defended village. By doing so they enabled the attack of the entire Kampfgruppe to come back into motion and complete the capture of the village.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1987.
  - Die Ritterkreuztraeger der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS