Date of birth:

April 20th, 1915 (Remscheid/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

November 17th, 1941 (Hauptverbandplatz 2./LSSAH Taganrog, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
Grave: UNK.

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 323.807 // NSDAP-Nr.: 5.508.148

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Gerhard Pleiss/Gerhard Pleiß reached the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer.

15.04.1936: entered the 1. Kompanie, SS Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler' in Berlin
01.04.1938-31.01.1939: SS-Junker, 6 Friedens-Junker-Lehrgang, SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
01.09.1938: promoted to SS-Standartenjunker
01.02.1939: promoted to SS-Standartenoberjunker
01.02.1939-14.04.1939: Zugführer Lehrgang Dachau
20.04.1939: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
01.05.1939: SS-Ustuf, SS-Schulungsamt
00.09.1939: campaign in Poland
00.01.1940: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, LAH, SS-VT
00.05.1940: campaign in France
27.05.1940: SS-Ustuf, Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, LAH, SS-VT
01.06.1940: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
00.10.1940-00.01.1941: SS-Ostuf, Chef, 2. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, LAH, SS-VT
00.01.1941: SS-Ostuf, Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, LAH, SS-VT
00.04.1941: SS-Ostuf, Chef, 1. Kompanie, SS-Infanterie-Regiment LAH, SS-VT - campaign in the Balkans, Battle of Vevi, captured Klidi Pass
12.04.1941: WIA at Klidi-Pass
21.04.1941: awarded the RK by Adolf Hitler in Berlin
00.04.1941: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer
22.06.1941: campaign in Russia
17.11.1941: severely WIA when he stepped on a land mine during the attack on Rostov-on-Don

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, LAH, SS-VT

Awarded on:

June 8th, 1940

other sources give 13.06.1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, LAH, SS-VT

Awarded on:

July 17th, 1940

awarded for his action on the Allier River in Pont-du-Château, France
other sources give 02.10.1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)

Unit:

1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, LAH, SS-VT

Awarded on:

November 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)

Unit:

Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler" (motorisiert)

Awarded on:

April 1941

WIA 12.04.1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler" (motorisiert), Generalkommando XXXX. Armee-Korps, Armee-Ober-Kommando 12

Awarded on:

April 20th, 1941

Gerhard Pleiß was a Kompanie commander in the reinforced LSSAH regiment during the attack on Greece. The first major obstacle for the regiment would be the Kliddi Pass, and Fritz Witt’s I. Battalion was ordered to capture it. Pleiß’s Kompanie began by attacking the dominating Hill 997, which (despite heavily protected with MGs) was cleared in just two hours of intense close combat. In the process the Germans captured over 100 prisoners and 20 machine guns. Pleiß himself was wounded in the process, but nevertheless he was able to maintain his command of his Kompanie, which went on to capture the town of Kliddi itself later that day. Pleiß was awarded the Knight’s Cross for the swift seizure of his Kompanie’s objectives despite the difficult terrain.

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - MOONEY, PETER, Waffen-SS Knights and their Battles, Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008.
  - Verleihungsurkunde RK
  

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