Trägner, Josef

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Date of birth:: February 10th, 1915 (Podbořany (Bohemia), Austria-Hungary)
Date of death:: January 20th, 1974 (Dromersheim/Bingen, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Wachtmeister
Unit:: 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667
Awarded on:: March 28th, 1943

Awarded for his actions during the defensive battles in the sector of the 268 Infanterie-Division, west of Smolensk. By the end Trägner had destroyed a total of 30 enemy tanks, which also played a part in his receiving the Knight's Cross.

Sources

- SCHERZER, VEIT & FARWICK, WERNER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Sturmartillerie 1939-1945, Verlag Veit Scherzer, 2012.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1985.

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