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Diekjobst, Heinrich

Date of birth:
August 29th, 1915 (Gienau/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
July 15th, 1987 (Dannenberg (Elbe)/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 23rd, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 9th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
Gruppenführer, 1. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 51, 23. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 28th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
Gruppenführer, 1. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 51, 23. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo: Thomas Diekjobst
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - 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
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006

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