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Kofler, Florian

Date of birth:
May 4th, 1919 (Tscheuritsch/Carinthia, Austria)
Date of death:
October 31st, 1944 (north-west of Pultusk/Masovia, Poland)
Buried on:
Mausoleum Victims National Socialism "Kalkówce"
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

On 30 October 1944 batallion commander Major Kofler was heavily wounded while leading a counterattack from the defense line at the Narev river northwest of Ostenburg (now Pultusk, Poland). One day later he died in a field hospital at the Sanko 2/5 H.V.Pl.Ortslaz.Zebry-Taraly. He is buried on the war cemetery near Oldaki, Poland.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 56, 5. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
July 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Jäger-Regiment 56, 5. Jäger-Division
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Jäger-Regiment 56, 5. Jäger-Division
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Jäger-Regiment 56, 5. Jäger-Division
Awarded on:
November 16th, 1944

Posthumously awarded.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
    - Reinicke, A., Die 5. Jäger-Division – Polen, Westfeldzug 1940, Rußland, Das Ende an der Oderfront, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2003
    - Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den k.u.k. Kronländern, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2006

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