Grüner, Georg (Panzer-Regiment 2)
- Date of birth:
- August 9th, 1915 (Windhoek, German Southwestern Afrika)
- Date of death:
- March 11th, 1944 (Davidkowce, Proskurov/Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Potylicz / Potelitsch
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
September 1st, 1940: Oberleutnant (RDA -126-);
?: Hauptmann;
March 1st, 1944: Major (RDA -359-, postuum toegekend).
Career:
?: Panzer-Abteilung 33;
March 1940: Panzer-Abteilung 100;
February 1941: Panzer-Abteilung 33;
January 1942: Panzertruppenschule;
May 1942: XXXII. Armeekorps;
December 20th, 1942: Kommandeur II. / Panzer-Regiment 100;
April 4th, 1943: Kommandeur I. / Panzer-Regiment 6;
November 10th, 1943: Kommandeur I. / Panzer-Regiment 2.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1941
397th Award.
Received the clasp when it was introduced.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 18th, 1941
Award 1/1
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1941
689th Heer Award.
Submitted on November 16th 1941.
Preliminary document and decoration on November 25th 1941 to AOK 2.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1944
436th Award.
Submitted on March 13th 1944.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - 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.
- 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.
- Karteikarte.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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