Geyer, Heinrich

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Date of birth:: September 2nd, 1916 (Wiesbaden-Erbenheim/Hesse, Germany)
Date of death:: November 8th, 1944 (Lazerett Stolp/Pommerania, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Geyer died of his wounds in the received German bridgehead Memel (Klaipëda). At that moment he held the rank of Oberfeldwebel.

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:: Zugführer 2. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 / 7. Panzer-Division
Awarded on:: October 22nd, 1944

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- MANTEUFFEL, H. VON, Die 7. Panzer-Division, Podzun-Pallas-Verlag GmbH, Wölfersheim-Berstadt, 1978.
- das-ritterkreuz.de

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