Date of birth:

January 24th, 1913 (Witten/Ruhr, Germany)

Date of death:

July 21st, 1961 (Hamburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

6. / Schützen-Regiment 79

Awarded on:

April 11th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer 6. / Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 79 / 16.Panzer-Division

Awarded on:

January 3rd, 1943

The following press excerpt describes why Erdmann would be awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“During the fighting along the Don river Oberleutnant Erdmann launched a bold counterthrust at the head of his Kampfgruppe against a village into which the enemy had entered. He conducted this on his own initiative, and in doing so retook a village that was vital for the wider combat situation.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X