Pantel, Kurt

Date of birth:: November 25th, 1910 (Altjärshagen/Pomerania, Germany)
Date of death:: May 23rd, 1942 (Prissmorsche, Soviet Union)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Chef, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 96, 32. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: August 7th, 1942

The following newspaper article (dated 15./16.08.1942) describes why Pantel received the Knight’s Cross…

“Knight’s Cross for a Pomeranian Hauptmann - Fallen Officer Honoured Posthumously:

The Führer has posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Hauptmann Kurt Pantel, Kompanie commander in an Infanterie-Regiment.

Hauptmann Kurt Pantel… brought about the decisive preconditions for the creation of a bridgehead across the Lowat river during the breakthrough of toughly defended enemy positions at the end of this past April. On the 23.05.1942 he succumbed to the severe injuries that he suffered in subsequent combat. His dutifulness and self-sacrificing spirit have now been recognized with the posthumous award of the Knight’s Cross.”