Date of birth:

June 13th, 1911 (Roschinno/Posen, Germany)

Date of death:

December 29th, 1942 (Donskoj-Krassnowka/Stalingrad, soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk

Nationality:

German

Dietrich von der Lanken is missing in action. His name has been inscripted at the German War cemetery at Krasnodar-Apscheronsk. At the moment of his missing, he was Führer Panzer-Regiment 24. He was posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Kommandeur, III. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 29th, 1942

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 25.11.1942) describes why von der Lancken received the Knight’s Cross…

“At the end of this past August Major von der Lancken and his Kampfgruppe broke through strongly fortified enemy positions southeast of Stalingrad. He and his men then advanced forwards to the western edge of the city, and thereby had a decisive share in the encirclement of the city from the south.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
  - Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 326)
  

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