Leukefeld, Karl-Otto
- Date of birth:
- May 1st, 1913 (Wiesbaden/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 24th, 2008 (Celle/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Karl-Otto Leukefeld served after the Second World War with the Bundeswehr from 23rd April 1956 until 30th September 1971 and finally there reached the rank of Oberst.
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 123
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 123
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
- Die Ritterkreuzträger der Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS
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