Date of birth:

July 11th, 1918 (Haus Alst/Rhineland, Germany)

Date of death:

July 29th, 1980 (Dortmund/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Georg Hunold Clemens Antonius Hubertus Ida Maria von Plettenberg, Graf von Dücker-Plettenberg, reached the rank of Major

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 4th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 13th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Rittmeister

Unit:

Kommandeur schwere Kavallerie-Abteilung 4

Awarded on:

August 12th, 1944

Awarded for his actions north of Ssluzk during Operation Bagration. Here his Abteilung was sent into action against the attacking Soviet cavalry. Here Plettenberg and his men played a major role in ensuring that a further Soviet advance could be halted.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Rittmeister

Unit:

Kommandeur schwere Kavallerie-Abteilung 4

Awarded on:

February 5th, 1945

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  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
  - Familles Frebault, Huet, Meutzner, Hengstermann et la Noblesse européenne (genealogy) - Geneanet