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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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Obergethmann, Eduard* April 30th, 1898
† April 13th, 1943

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Oberhofer, Hans* September 6th, 1900
† February 20th, 1945

Oberkircher, Karl* December 10th, 1916
† November 28th, 1976

Oberloskamp, Walther* January 27th, 1920
† June 26th, 1944

Oberländer, Werner* December 16th, 1912
† October 12th, 1996

Oberndorff, Dr.jur., Graf von, Fritz* December 20th, 1891
† March 27th, 1970

Oberweg, Herbert* September 20th, 1911
† April 6th, 1945

Oberwöhrmann, Erich* February 20th, 1914
† June 1st, 2002

Obleser, Friedrich* February 21st, 1923
† June 5th, 2004

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Obschil, Adolf, Alois (Waffen SS)* November 21st, 1919
† September 23rd, 2000

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Obst, Walter* May 24th, 1920
† October 10th, 1943

Obstfelder, von, Hans* September 6th, 1886
† December 20th, 1976

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Obstfelder, von, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abt. 346)* September 10th, 1918
† July 11th, 1981

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Ochs, Heinrich* April 19th, 1915
† October 12th, 1943

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Ochsner, Wilhelm-Francis "Willifrank"* March 31st, 1899
† December 5th, 1990

Ochßner, Heinrich Wilhelm* May 28th, 1912
† September 16th, 1944
Plot: 3 Row: 16 Grave: 235

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Odebrecht, Job* February 20th, 1892
† November 20th, 1982

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Odenhardt, Wilhelm* January 26th, 1914
† April 12th, 1992

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Oeckel, Erich* June 8th, 1916
† July 13th, 1943

Oehl, Heinz* November 10th, 1911
† July 5th, 1943

Oehmichen, Dr., Hermann* November 16th, 1899
† April 29th, 1987

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Oehrn, Victor* October 21st, 1907
† December 26th, 1997

Oekenpöhler, Johann-Peter* September 1st, 1917
† August 14th, 1980

Oelker, Heinrich* April 27th, 1910
† February 4th, 1999

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Oepke, Karl* August 26th, 1911
† June 10th, 1944

Oesau, Walter* June 28th, 1913
† May 11th, 1944

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Oesten, Jürgen* October 24th, 1913
† August 5th, 2010

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Oesterlin, Albert* January 14th, 1903
† January 23rd, 1944

Oesterwitz, Karl-Heinz* March 15th, 1914
† June 13th, 1999

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Ofenloch, Heinrich* November 17th, 1919
† January 6th, 1969

Offschany, Karl* January 21st, 1911
† October 4th, 1944

Ohlrogge, Walter* January 15th, 1909
† April 30th, 2003

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Ohmsen, Walter* June 7th, 1911
† February 19th, 1988

Ohrloff, Horst* April 2nd, 1917
† May 9th, 1997

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Okrent, Wilhelm* February 26th, 1916
† May 8th, 1945

Olboeter, Erich Fritz Hermann (Waffen SS)* June 26th, 1917
† September 2nd, 1944

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Olbricht, Friedrich* October 4th, 1888
† July 21st, 1944

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Olejnik, Robert* March 9th, 1911
† October 29th, 1988

Oll, Herbert* March 5th, 1909
† April 18th, 1944

Olschewski, Georg* June 2nd, 1911
† September 29th, 1996

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Omert, Emil* January 15th, 1918
† April 24th, 1944

Ondarza, von, Leon* September 8th, 1903
† April 21st, 1945

Opdenhoff, Hermann* January 9th, 1915
† March 22nd, 1945

Opitz, Heinz-Eberhard* July 13th, 1912
† October 11th, 1997

Oppeln-Bronikowski, von, Hermann Leopold August* January 2nd, 1899
† September 19th, 1966

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Oppenländer, Kurt (Generalleutnant)* February 11th, 1892
† March 17th, 1947

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Oppermann, Walter (Jäger-Regiment 38)* May 31st, 1921
† March 20th, 1943
Plot: 18 Row: 41 Grave: 2575

Orinschnig, Egon* December 30th, 1913
† September 11th, 1942

Oriola, Graf von, Ralf* August 9th, 1895
† April 28th, 1970

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Orlowski, Helmut* October 7th, 1914
† November 8th, 1943

Orth, Karl* April 18th, 1906
† July 20th, 1968

Orth, Heinrich* January 14th, 1916
† March 10th, 1942

Orthofer, Alfons* December 7th, 1909
† October 12th, 1942

Ortlieb, Karl* June 4th, 1905
† January 28th, 1981

Orzegowski, Ernst* October 19th, 1919
† August 2nd, 2005

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Ossege, Theodor* August 22nd, 1921
† July 29th, 1944

Ostendorff, Werner (Waffen SS)* August 15th, 1903
† May 1st, 1945

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Oster, Dieter* January 15th, 1918
† December 6th, 2015

Osterhold, Wilhelm* January 12th, 1914
† April 3rd, 2002

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Osterkamp, Theodor* April 15th, 1892
† January 2nd, 1975

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Ostermann, Felix (Divisions-Bataillon 260)* December 22nd, 1917
† October 1st, 1996

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Ostermann, Max-Helmuth (Jagdgeschwader 54)* December 11th, 1917
† August 9th, 1942

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Ostermeier, Hans-Arno (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)* February 10th, 1903
† June 13th, 1989

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Oswald, Franz (WL-Schlagtgeschwader)* August 9th, 1915
† January 13th, 2003

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Otolski, Oskar* December 2nd, 1913
† April 22nd, 1945

Ott, Eugen* May 20th, 1890
† August 11th, 1966

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Ott, Heinz (Panzer-Regiment 24)* June 6th, 1921
† August 20th, 1997

Ott, Helmuth* December 5th, 1915
† April 24th, 1945

Ott, Joachim* February 22nd, 1918
† June 26th, 1998

Ott, Rudolf* February 10th, 1905
† October 19th, 1987

Ottawa, Norbert* May 31st, 1918
† January 21st, 1974

Otte, Albrecht (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32)* February 4th, 1921
† August 20th, 1974

Otte, Dr., Maximilian* September 3rd, 1910
† May 20th, 1944

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Otte, Friedrich Wilhelm* September 22nd, 1898
† May 8th, 1944

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Ottenbacher, Otto-Ernst* November 18th, 1888
† January 7th, 1975

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Otto, Ernst (WH-Infanterie-Regiment 454)* October 14th, 1914
† June 11th, 1993

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Otto, Rudolf* December 14th, 1912
† December 20th, 2006

Otto, Werner* April 14th, 1912
† November 11th, 1985

Oven, von, Karl* November 29th, 1888
† January 20th, 1974

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Overhagen, Theo* January 8th, 1914
† May 23rd, 1944
Plot: 7 Grave: 567

Overhoff, Gerold (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 11)* November 27th, 1914
† June 18th, 2001

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Österreicher, Karl* August 24th, 1913
† August 30th, 1954

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