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Stephan, Eberhard (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abt. 116)

Date of birth:
July 17th, 1910 (Eichholz-Liegnitz/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
October 22nd, 2008 (Riederau/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.00.1929: sMG-Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 10
00.00.1933: Kavallerie-Schule, Hannover
00.00.1934: Offizier
00.00.1935: Kriegsschule, Dresden
00.00.1938: Reiter-Zugführer, Infanterie-Regiment 52
00.00.1939: campaign in Poland
00.05.1939: Reiterzugführer, 9. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 103
00.05.1940: Kompanie-Chef, 9. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 103, 4. Infanterie-Division - campaign in France
00.02.1941: Kompanie-Chef, 2. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 64, 14. Panzer-Division, campaign in the Balkans
22.06.1941: Barbarossa
00.00.1942: fightings near Kiew and Charkow
00.07.1942: Regimentsführer, Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 108, Stalingrad
00.12.1942: severely WIA and flown out of the Stalingrad pocket
00.01.1943-00.05.1945: Lazarett
05.06.1943: Kommandeur, Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 5, Kursk
00.09.1943: retreat to Western Dnjepr and Prittjet region
00.01.1944: severely WIA
00.01.1944-00.05.1944: Führer-Reserve West
00.06.1944: Kommandeur, Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 116, Normandy
00.09.1944: Aachen, Hürtgenwald, Arnheim
00.12.1944: Kommandeur, Voraus-Abteilung der 5. Armee, Ardennes, Diant
28.12.1944: WIA for the 3rd time
00.12.1944-00.03.1945: Lazarett
00.03.1945: Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 60, Reichswald and Ruhr Pocket
00.05.1945: Oberstleutnant, US POW

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5, 5. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 116, 116. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
December 25th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 1944
WIA 00.12.1942 + 00.01.1944 + 00.12.1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 116, 116. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
January 12th, 1945
Eberhard Stephan was awarded the Knight’s Cross for his actions during the Ardennes Offensive for successfully capturing and then defending the bridge at Heinerscheid over the Our River, preventing an Allied breakthrough.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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