Platta, Reinhold

Date of birth:: September 1st, 1909 (Brieske/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:: February 4th, 1945 (Lazerett Bautzen/Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:: MG-Schütze 1. / Grenadier-Regiment 309
Awarded on:: December 12th, 1944

Awarded for his actions in the east Carpathians during the autumn of 1944. Here, during the many defensive battles of the 208. Infanterie-Division, Platta distinguished himself through his swiftly executed decisions and daring counterattacks that resolved many a critical situation.