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Stather, Heribert

Date of birth:
July 20th, 1917 (Offenburg/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:
April 4th, 1991
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Adjutant II. / Infanterie-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef 12. (M.G.) / Infanterie-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1941

Received for a single wound inflicted on 21st July 1941.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
III. / Infanterie-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1942

Silver version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Stab III. / Infanterie-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
August 20th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Führer Grenadier-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
August 8th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1943

Received for wounds inflicted on 21st July 1941, 26th July 1941, 12th July 1943 and 19th July 1943.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Stab I. / Grenadier-Regiment 482
Awarded on:
January 8th, 1944
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

For the destruction of a tank on 14th July 1943.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant
Unit:
ehemaliger Führer Sturm-Regiment 215
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1944

For wounds inflicted on 21st July 1941, 25th July 1941, 13th July 1943, 19th July 1943 and 10th september 1944.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

Sources

  • - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Paul van Hoeven collectie via Das Eisernes Kreuz

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