Drange, Günther

Date of birth:: March 14th, 1897 (Glogau/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:: June 18th, 1970 (Wiesbaden/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 490, 269. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: February 21st, 1942

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 26th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 428, 129. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: October 16th, 1944

Awarded for his actions near Kleickowo in the late summer of 1944. Located near the lower Narew river, here he and his Regiment particularly distinguished itself in both offense and defense. Their actions played a major role in the Division being mentioned in a Wehrmachtbericht supplement of the 12.09.1944.

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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 2000.

Drange, Günther

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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