Date of birth:

February 25th, 1921 (Spittelndorf/Liegnitz, Germany)

Date of death:

May 29th, 1992 (Plön, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 25th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel

Unit:

Führer, 2. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26, 9. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

April 29th, 1945

Awarded for his bravery during the heavy fighting around Greifenhagen on the Eastern front. Here he led repeated counterattacks to regain the German frontline.

No proof in Bundesarchiv; after the war FRG Bundeswehr service; not quite clear, if and how his case was investigated by the MAD (Militärischer Abschirmdienst); accepted by OdR.

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
  - Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945
  - Fallschirmjägerkameradschaft Düsseldorf "Dr. Heinrich Neumann"