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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

The OBdW postponed, and thereby temporarily barred/blocked, the awarding of the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross for "remarkable services in troop leadership" from August 3rd, 1940 until March 16th, 1941.

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Dahl, Walther* March 17th, 1916
† November 25th, 1985

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Dahlke, Hermann (Waffen SS)* February 17th, 1917
† July 5th, 1943
Plot: 10 Row: 15 Grave: 1751

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Dahlmann, Kurt* March 4th, 1918
† August 29th, 2017

Dahmer, Hugo* May 7th, 1915
† August 1st, 2006

Dahms, Paul* May 28th, 1913
† March 19th, 1988

Dallmann, Werner (Waffen SS)* April 7th, 1924
† February 1945

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Dallmeier, Josef* January 29th, 1911
† July 4th, 1982

Dally, Hans* May 6th, 1916
† April 2nd, 1997

Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels, Freih. von, Friedrich-Karl* April 1st, 1907
† July 9th, 1940

Damerius, Dieter* April 17th, 1924
† December 28th, 2018

Damm, Otto* May 29th, 1914
† July 16th, 1943

Dammeier, Heinrich (U-270)* February 9th, 1914
† May 16th, 2001

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Dammers, Hans* December 8th, 1913
† March 17th, 1944

Damsch, Werner (Waffen SS)* July 22nd, 1918
† November 7th, 1994

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Danhauser, Paul* August 2nd, 1892
† December 11th, 1975

Daniel, Richard* December 24th, 1900
† May 4th, 1986

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Daniels, Edler von, Alexander* March 17th, 1891
† January 6th, 1960

Dannebaum, Alfred (Pz.Aufklär.Abt.24)* February 6th, 1918
† October 21st, 1999

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Danowski, Franz* February 18th, 1917
† October 10th, 1944

Danzer, Hermann* June 25th, 1916
† June 20th, 1940
Plot: 33 Row: 10 Grave: 697

Darges, Fritz (Waffen SS)* February 8th, 1913
† October 25th, 2009

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Dargies, Walter* October 13th, 1899
† May 13th, 1945
Plot: 8 Row: 19 Grave: 2303

Darius, Wolfgang (Panzer-Abteilung 21)* April 2nd, 1911
† November 18th, 2000

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Darjes, Paul-Friedrich* March 20th, 1911
† February 20th, 1989

Darnedde, Erich* December 14th, 1906
† November 11th, 1996

Daser, Edmund* October 1st, 1908
† September 6th, 1974

Daske, Karl* November 17th, 1919

Dassow, Rudolf* January 23rd, 1920
† August 25th, 1944

Dath, Friedrich* April 26th, 1919
† December 3rd, 2002

Daubert, Henning* May 31st, 1900
† November 1st, 1980

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Daumiller, Hans (Geb.Jäg.Rgt 98)* August 24th, 1910
† January 12th, 1942

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Dauner, Nikolaus "Klaus"* March 3rd, 1902
† December 20th, 1966

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Dauser, Hans (Waffen SS)* July 31st, 1908
† November 20th, 2001

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David, Ernst* July 8th, 1920
† August 11th, 1943

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Dawedeit, Herbert* May 20th, 1914
† August 3rd, 1999

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Debiel, Leo Otto* November 17th, 1914
† October 9th, 1944
Plot: A Row: 2 Grave: 69

Deboi, Heinrich-Anton* April 6th, 1893
† July 5th, 1955

Debus, Heinrich (Waffen SS)* June 30th, 1921
† March 5th, 1996

Debus, Otto (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12)* August 21st, 1914
† October 14th, 2000

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Decker, Karl Gustav Adolf* November 30th, 1897
† April 21st, 1945

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Dederichs, Bruno* April 9th, 1911
† July 8th, 1949

Deegener, Johannes* February 9th, 1905
† July 31st, 1943

Degel, Franz* August 7th, 1920
† June 10th, 1946

Degen, Günther (Waffen SS)* August 30th, 1917
† March 13th, 1945
Grave: UNK

Degen, Hans* February 18th, 1899
† November 18th, 1971

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Degrelle, Leon Marie Joseph Ignace* June 15th, 1906
† March 31st, 1994

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Dehmel, Ernst (Waffen SS)* April 7th, 1915
† August 7th, 1945

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Dehner, Ernst* March 5th, 1889
† September 13th, 1970

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Deichen, Kurt "Charly"* April 20th, 1914
† February 27th, 1969

Deichmann, Paul (Generalleutnant)* August 27th, 1898
† January 10th, 1981

Deisenberger, Hermann* April 13th, 1915
† July 8th, 1998

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Deisenhofer, Dr.jur., Eduard „Eddi" (Waffen SS)* June 27th, 1909
† January 31st, 1945

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Delica, Egon* January 4th, 1915
† April 26th, 1999

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Delius, Paul* December 11th, 1912
† August 5th, 1992

Demand, Waldemar* March 9th, 1924
† February 21st, 1945

Demme, Rudolf* June 3rd, 1894
† January 5th, 1975

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Dempke, August* December 11th, 1915
† March 1st, 1945

Deneke, Siegfried* May 19th, 1908
† March 16th, 1944

Denk, Gustav* January 24th, 1915
† February 13th, 1943

Denk, Wilhelm* January 26th, 1915
† March 30th, 2003

Denkert, Walter* February 23rd, 1897
† July 9th, 1982

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Dennhardt, Oskar-Hubert* June 30th, 1915
† June 19th, 2014

Denninger, Rudolf* January 3rd, 1911
† March 31st, 1945
Plot: 24A Row: K Grave: 8

Denzinger, Dipl.Ing., Franz (Art.Rgt. z.b.V. 553)* August 16th, 1895
† March 10th, 1974

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Deppe, Hans-Werner* March 21st, 1921
† December 30th, 2009

Dessloch, Otto* June 11th, 1889
† May 13th, 1977

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Dethleffsen, Erich* August 2nd, 1904
† July 4th, 1980

Detmers, Theodor* August 22nd, 1902
† November 4th, 1976

Dettenberg, Werner* February 14th, 1917
† September 12th, 1944
Plot: 5 Row: 12 Grave: 319

Dettke, Oskar* January 1st, 1913
† March 17th, 1967

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Deutsch, Ferdinand* February 7th, 1910
† September 15th, 1980

Deutsch, Heinz* July 21st, 1920
† October 15th, 1995

Deutschländer, Erich* January 7th, 1910
† October 4th, 1969

Deutschmann, Siegfried* December 28th, 1912
† September 15th, 1986

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Deventer, Hugo* November 10th, 1916
† January 6th, 1979

Devers, Hans-Werner* June 25th, 1910
† August 5th, 1960

Dewitz, von, Eckhardt (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143)* February 15th, 1921
† July 5th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Dicke, Anton* August 25th, 1911
† January 26th, 1943

Dickfeld, Adolf* February 20th, 1910
† May 17th, 2009

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Diddens, Diddo Siebels* April 22nd, 1917
† September 27th, 1997

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Dieckmann, August Hinrich* May 29th, 1912
† October 10th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Diefenthal, Josef "Jupp" (Waffen SS)* October 5th, 1915
† April 13th, 2001

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Diekwisch, Erwin-Peter* August 12th, 1920
† August 20th, 2013

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Dieling, Horst* April 11th, 1921
† January 5th, 1944

Diem, Otto* October 13th, 1917
† August 8th, 1943

Dienenthal, Erich* December 17th, 1915
† July 26th, 1990

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Dienhold, Johannes* February 23rd, 1901
† November 4th, 1990

Diepold, Max (Schlachtgeschwader 77)* February 1st, 1921
† August 18th, 2001

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Diergarten, Hans (Waffen SS)* April 5th, 1913
† August 21st, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Dierks, Karl-Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment 42)* March 29th, 1916
† January 25th, 1979

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Diesener, Joachim* February 20th, 1918
† March 9th, 1994

Diesing, Ulrich* March 12th, 1911
† April 17th, 1945

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Diestel, Erich (Generalleutnant)* November 8th, 1892
† August 3rd, 1973

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Dietl, Eduard Wohlrath Christian (Generaloberst)* July 21st, 1890
† June 23rd, 1944

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Dietlen, Walter* February 7th, 1897
† March 15th, 1982

Dietrich, Gerhard (Kampfgeschwader 55)* April 30th, 1917
† August 10th, 1982

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Dietrich, Johann* August 5th, 1911
† April 2nd, 1943

Dietrich, Josef 'Sepp' (Waffen SS)* May 28th, 1892
† April 21st, 1966

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Dietrich, Karl-Heinz* June 15th, 1915
† March 22nd, 1983

Dietrich, Wilhelm Heinrich August* November 17th, 1912
† March 12th, 1944

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Dietsche, Bernhard Anton (Waffen SS)* February 3rd, 1912
† January 28th, 1975

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Dietz, Edwin-Oskar* July 4th, 1914
† July 17th, 1941

Dietz, Valentin* November 12th, 1912
† July 6th, 1989

Digeon von Monteton, Baron, Constantin* February 28th, 1886
† June 27th, 1944

Dilley, Bruno* August 29th, 1913
† August 31st, 1968

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Dilz, Fritz* January 1st, 1915
† January 12th, 1972

Dimming, Joseph (Divisions-Gruppe 112)* May 25th, 1923
† January 1st, 1945
Grave: UNK

Dinger, Friedrich 'Fritz' (JG 53 "Pik As")* August 20th, 1915
† July 27th, 1943
Plot: 8 Grave: 718

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Dinkelaker, Ulrich* November 1st, 1904
† October 17th, 1997

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Dinort, Oskar* June 23rd, 1901
† May 27th, 1969

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Dipberger, Wilhelm 'Willi'* May 30th, 1918
† September 10th, 2005

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Dirkmorfeld, Josef* May 4th, 1912
† March 20th, 1990

Dirlewanger, Dr., Oskar Paul (Waffen SS)* September 26th, 1895
† June 7th, 1945

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Ditter, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7)* January 31st, 1917
† January 29th, 2011

Dittfeld, Johannes* September 18th, 1907
† September 12th, 1944

Dittlof, Heinrich* August 14th, 1916
† February 20th, 1945

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Dittmer, Joachim* November 26th, 1915
† November 3rd, 1943

Dittrich, Dr. jur., Stefan (Artillerie-Reg. 46)* June 28th, 1912
† February 5th, 1988

Dix, Kurt (Grenadier-Regiment 510)* August 29th, 1908
† July 30th, 1994

Dixius, Karl* April 22nd, 1914
† May 28th, 1962

Dobberkau, Hans* January 7th, 1917
† February 23rd, 1981

Dobberstein, Werner* April 4th, 1911
† February 25th, 1993

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Dobratz, Kurt* April 9th, 1904
† December 21st, 1996

Doemming, von, Diethelm* February 14th, 1912
† April 29th, 1945
Plot: 2 Grave: 930

Doench, Fritz* May 19th, 1904
† June 14th, 1942

Doenicke, Hans-Günther* August 7th, 1918
† July 1st, 1944
Plot: 4 Grave: 130

Doergens, Hans-Joachim* December 26th, 1912
† June 7th, 1970

Doering, Alfred* March 26th, 1912
† September 22nd, 1944

Doering, Ernst* December 11th, 1907
† May 8th, 1989

Doering, von, Bernd* January 16th, 1903
† July 7th, 1944

Doering-Manteuffel, Johann-Wilhelm* July 17th, 1898
† January 21st, 1963

Doff, Franz* July 12th, 1920
† April 1st, 1945
Plot: 2 Row: 9 Grave: 598

Dohle, Herbert* March 27th, 1909
† April 14th, 1946

Dollmann, Friedrich* February 2nd, 1882
† June 28th, 1944

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Dollwet, René* October 22nd, 1922
† December 15th, 1983

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Domaschk, Erich* May 19th, 1908
† February 14th, 1974

Domaschk, Joachim* May 20th, 1914
† June 21st, 1986

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Dombacher, Kurt* February 9th, 1920
† October 8th, 1993

Dombrowski, Kurt* July 29th, 1895
† March 1945

Dominik, Hans* November 24th, 1906
† November 10th, 1980

Dommeratzky, Otto* May 3rd, 1916
† October 13th, 1944

Dommes, Wilhelm* April 16th, 1907
† January 23rd, 1990

Domrich, Otto* March 10th, 1918
† August 11th, 1943

Donat, Gottfried* October 22nd, 1916
† June 24th, 1944

Donhauser, Georg* August 22nd, 1909
† October 1st, 1982

Donnhauser, Anton Johann Karl* April 8th, 1913
† October 30th, 1984

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Donth, Rudolf* February 16th, 1920
† June 19th, 2001

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Dorenbeck, Paul* December 15th, 1895
† September 27th, 1984

Dorfmeister, Hans* December 9th, 1914
† September 16th, 1970

Dormann, Hermann (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 64)* October 11th, 1912
† January 22nd, 1943

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Dorn, Heinrich* August 11th, 1897
† July 15th, 1956

Dorow, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 514)* September 22nd, 1899
† August 2nd, 1980

Dorr, Hans (Waffen SS)* April 7th, 1912
† March 21st, 1945

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Dorsch, Walter* November 9th, 1917
† March 2nd, 1979

Dortenmann, Hans* December 11th, 1921
† April 1st, 1973

Dose, Paul* February 10th, 1921
† March 13th, 2003

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Doser, Otto* May 8th, 1917
† December 30th, 1992

Dous, Willi* June 16th, 1916
† September 2nd, 1941

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Dowerk, Paul* February 9th, 1910
† June 23rd, 1944

Dragalina, Corneliu* February 5th, 1887
† July 11th, 1949

Drange, Günther* March 14th, 1897
† June 18th, 1970

Dratwa, Johannes* November 22nd, 1914
† August 12th, 2003

Draxenberger, Josef 'Sepp' (SS-Panzer-Regiment 5)* March 27th, 1921
† March 23rd, 1945

Drebber, von, Moritz (Generalmajor)* February 12th, 1892
† May 30th, 1968

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Drechsler, Gerhard (Divisions-Füsilier-Bat. 14)* December 23rd, 1920
† July 27th, 1992

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Drees, Karl-Heinz* September 17th, 1923
† July 14th, 2008

Dreher, Johann "Hans"* November 30th, 1920
† March 4th, 1945

Dreike, Franz-Josef (Waffen SS)* October 27th, 1910
† July 24th, 1988

Drekmann, Dipl.Ing., Paul* November 13th, 1893
† March 9th, 1960

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Drescher, Georg-Wilhelm* February 15th, 1920
† May 6th, 2016

Drescher, Otto* October 5th, 1895
† August 13th, 1944

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Dresel, Bernhard* April 5th, 1909
† March 20th, 1945

Dressel, Albert* September 15th, 1914
† September 8th, 1944
Plot: 4 Row: 4 Grave: 373

Drewes, Dr.jur., Heinrich (Kradschützen-Bat.10)* December 14th, 1894
† February 24th, 1984

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Drewes, Martin* October 20th, 1918
† October 13th, 2013

Drewes, Wilhelm* May 26th, 1907
† July 14th, 1982

Drexel, Hans Carl (Waffen SS)* November 22nd, 1919
† April 12th, 1962

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Drexel, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 408)* December 20th, 1919
† February 9th, 2004

Drexel, Josef Anton (Grenadier-Regiment 436)* April 11th, 1894
† February 25th, 1976

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Drexler, Hans (WH-Infanterie)* December 25th, 1911
† November 14th, 2001

Drexler, Hans (WH-Panzer)* November 25th, 1913
† August 12th, 1993

Drexler, Oskar (SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 12)* March 9th, 1911
† January 28th, 1982

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Drexler, Walter (SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8)* September 25th, 1916
† February 23rd, 1945
Plot: 10 Grave: UNK

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Dreyer, Georg* July 28th, 1903
† September 4th, 1952

Droitsch, Herbert* May 18th, 1912
† January 16th, 1975

Drolshage, Hubertus* 1923
† October 12th, 1944

Drolshagen, Franz (Grenadier-Regiment 698)* July 10th, 1912
† June 24th, 1965

Dropmann, Hermann* March 25th, 1908
† February 10th, 2004

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Drossel, Leo (Infanterie-Regiment 102)* February 2nd, 1903
† July 16th, 1983

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Droste, Hans* March 29th, 1915
† July 13th, 1976

Drude, Hans* September 14th, 1914
† April 30th, 2000

Druffner, Alfred* May 28th, 1904
† September 29th, 1943

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Druschel, Alfred* February 4th, 1917
† January 1st, 1945

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Drüke, Wilhelm* October 30th, 1904
† January 4th, 1971

Drünkler, Ernst-Georg* July 8th, 1920
† March 12th, 1997

Drössiger, Kurt* August 3rd, 1908
† May 3rd, 1983

Dubicki, Albert* July 12th, 1921
† October 25th, 2009

Dubigk, Karl* February 8th, 1903
† November 17th, 1981

Dudeck, Gerhard (Transportgeschwader 2)* December 22nd, 1913
† June 5th, 1976

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Dumitrache, Ioan* 1889
† March 6th, 1977

Dumitrescu, Petre* February 18th, 1882
† January 15th, 1950

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Dumke, Günther* August 2nd, 1914
† January 28th, 1944

Dumßner, Andreas* December 12th, 1922
† October 8th, 1949

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Duncker, Christoph* December 10th, 1914
† June 7th, 1998

Dunkel, Konrad* October 14th, 1908
† February 20th, 1945

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Durchdenwald, Wilhelm* June 27th, 1914
† August 17th, 1942

Dutter, Franz Karl* October 24th, 1917
† November 21st, 1996

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Duve, Werner (Grenadier-Regiment 183)* November 19th, 1911
† March 3rd, 1945
Row: 1 Grave: 2

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Düe, Rolf (PzJgAbt 19)* January 28th, 1915
† April 14th, 2005

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Düllberg, Ernst* March 28th, 1913
† July 27th, 1984

Dünkel, Friedrich* March 7th, 1920
† February 8th, 1984

Dünker, Edgar* August 22nd, 1902
† December 29th, 1941

Dünkler, Joachim* July 8th, 1915
† April 19th, 1945

Dünser, Lothar* April 22nd, 1918
† August 14th, 1943

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Düppenbecker, Herbert* February 10th, 1916
† October 1st, 1997

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Dürbeck, Wilhelm* January 25th, 1912
† January 19th, 1941

Dürr, Emil (Waffen SS)* June 11th, 1920
† June 27th, 1944
Plot: 18 Grave: 349

Dürrwanger, Alfred* April 7th, 1915
† July 23rd, 2003

Düskow, Alwin (Artillerie-Regiment 295)* January 13th, 1897
† December 26th, 1971

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Düttmann, Peter "Bonifazius"* May 23rd, 1923
† January 9th, 2001

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Düvert, Walter* October 2nd, 1893
† February 4th, 1972

Düwell, Klaus* March 3rd, 1917
† February 15th, 1998

Dähne, Paul-Heinrich "Sarotti 2"* July 7th, 1921
† April 24th, 1945

Döbele, Anton* November 16th, 1910
† November 11th, 1943

Döbrich, Hans* March 24th, 1916
† April 6th, 1984

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Dönitz, Karl* September 16th, 1891
† December 24th, 1980

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Dörfel, Josef* March 2nd, 1915
† April 3rd, 2002

Dörffel, Georg (Schlachtgeschwader 1)* July 27th, 1914
† May 26th, 1944

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Dörflinger, Walter* May 30th, 1919
† September 25th, 1944

Döring, Arnold (Nachtjagdgeschwader 3)* January 29th, 1918
† April 10th, 2001

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Döring, Johann* December 25th, 1910
† November 2nd, 1982

Döring, Wilhelm "Willy" (Kampfgeschwader 53)* October 2nd, 1918
† August 3rd, 1955

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Dörmann, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 528)* January 29th, 1905
† June 5th, 1999

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Dörmann, Karl (Artillerie-Regiment 1542)* May 23rd, 1913
† May 2nd, 1945
Plot: 9 Row: 25 Grave: 1208

Dörnbrack, Werner* February 29th, 1916
† March 16th, 1981

Dörnemann, Heinrich "Heinz"* September 19th, 1910
† December 17th, 2001

Dörner, Helmut (Waffen SS)* June 26th, 1909
† February 11th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Dörr, Franz* February 10th, 1913
† October 10th, 1972

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Dörries, Helmut* September 5th, 1911
† January 7th, 1980

Dörries, Josef* June 7th, 1923
† July 9th, 2007

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