- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer 8. / Panzer-Regiment 31
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1945
Awarded for distinguishing himself on the 17.01.1945, a day on which his Bataillon was involved in cleaning up several Soviet penetrations in the sector of the 549. Volksgrenadier-Division. The following except describes his actions as follows…
“During the fighting he was deployed alone with his Panzer, with no infantry to cover the flanks of his retreat. Heymann was attacked three times by 20-28 tanks, however he held his post and was able to destroy 25 enemy tanks. He only pulled back after he had run out of armour-piercing ammunition and enemy infantry had approached to within Panzerfaust range.”