Date of birth:

February 24th, 1916 (Essen/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

March 17th, 1986 (Essen/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Heinrich Becker served with 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 167 and as Gruppenführer with 8. / Grenadier-Regiment 529.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Gruppenführer 8. Kompanie (MG) / Grenadier-Regiment 529 / 299. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

April 6th, 1944

Awarded for distinguishing himself in his Regiment’s combat around Vitebsk in early February 1944. During this time he significantly aided his Regiment’s boldly led counterthrust that ejected a force of broken-through Soviet troops and closed a frontline gap.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1:
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1987.