Date of birth:

November 23rd, 1913 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)

Date of death:

May 5th, 2004 (Haan/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

In service from April 1st 1935. Werner Grün finally reached the rank of Major im Generalstab and was nominated for Oberstleutant im Generalstab on April 5th, 1945.

Promotions:
February 1st,1943: Major im Generalstab (RDA: -124a-)

Career:
November 10th, 1938: Adjutant, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5;
June 10th, 1940: Führer, 6. Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 5;
October 21st, 1941: Adjutant, Panzer-Regiment 5;
?: Führer I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5;
March 19th, 1943: Führerreserve OKH, Generalstabsausbildung 94. Infanterie-Division;
September 1st, 1943: Führerreserve OKH, Generalstabsausbildung LXXXVII. Armeekorps;
December 6th, 1943: Kriegsakademie;
May 10th, 1944: Ib, Fallschirm-Panzer-Division "Hermann Göring";
October 6th, 1944: Quartiermeister, Fallschirm-Panzerkorps "Hermann Göring".

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Adjutant, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5, 3. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 23rd, 1939

Unit:

Adjutant, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5, 3. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

November 14th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Adjutant, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5, 3. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

May 20th, 1940

Silver version.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, 6. Kompanie, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5, 3. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

August 13th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Adjutant, Panzer-Regiment 5, 21. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

March 25th, 1942

According to the nomination for Oberstleutnant the awarding took place on April 4th, 1942.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Führer, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 5, 21. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

February 8th, 1943

Awarded for his achievements while leading the I./Panzer-Regiment 5 in North Africa. His greatest success in this time took place on the 30./31.10.1942 while attacking as part of Kampfgruppe Pfeiffer on the northern sector of the El Alamein front, an attack which ultimately led to the relief of the Panzergrenadier-Regiment 125.

Submitted on January 2nd 1943.
Preliminary document and decoration on February 10th 1943 to Pz.AOK 5.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major im Generalstab (Major to the General Staff)

Awarded on:

February 16th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1:
• - FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000.
  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2009.
  - Beurteilung Major im Generalstab 25-03-1945.
  - Vorschlag Beförderung Oberstleutnant 25-03-1945.