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Hirt, Otto

Date of birth:
September 29th, 1919 (Oberkirch/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:
March 29th, 2008 (Oberkirch/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Otto Hirt died on 29th March 2008 and lies buried at the cemetery in Oberkirch.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 7th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Zugführer 2. / Grenadier-Regiment 390 / 215.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
November 13th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Zugführer 2. / Grenadier-Regiment 390 / 215.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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