Date of birth:

August 31st, 1915 (Sindolsheim, Germany)

Date of death:

September 21st, 1992 (Sindolsheim, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel

Unit:

12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105

Awarded on:

May 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Chef 12. / Grenadier-regiment 1054 / 85.Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

October 16th, 1944

Vogt's company was involved in the German retreat across France in mid-1944. Shortly after he had received an order to retreat, an Oberst from a Panzer Regiment asked that he hold his positions for two more days until his tanks had been evacuated across the Seine. He held his positions as requested and with his men was also able to destroy two tanks in close combat. But on the second day of fighting he was shot through the elbow and was paralyzed in the arm. That night he and his men also retreated across the Seine and Vogt was transferred to hospital. For his successful stand during this engagement he would shortly thereafter be awarded the Knight's Cross.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
• Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
  
• - 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
  - ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de