Date of birth:

October 23rd, 1919 (Emmersweiler/Saarlouis, Germany)

Date of death:

April 9th, 1945 (Hartberg (Steiermark), Austria)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German

00.03.1938: campaign in Austria
00.10.1938: campaign in the Sudetes
20.02.1944: SS-Oscha, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 'Danmark', 11. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Nordland', reported MIA for VDK
09.04.1945: SS-Oberscharführer, Kampfgruppe "Schweitzer", formed with units of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs-und-Ersatz-Bataillon 11, KIA during the breakout of Rechnitz, Graz, Burgenland, Austria.
SS-Oscha.Albert Hektor fell in the woods between Oberwart and Hartberg near Hartberg

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Awarded on:

1939

Awarded on:

1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark"

Awarded on:

August 23rd, 1944

On the 28.07.1944 the Soviets managed to penetrate the defenses of the 7./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 24 (positioned along the Tannenberg line) with tanks in support. In response the commander ordered the Kompanie to pull back to a blocking position, but became a casualty shortly afterwards. In response Oberscharführer Hektor took over command of the Kompanie and directed that the position had to be held under all circumstances.

In the subsequent fighting the Kompanie managed to seal off the northern and southern penetrations and defend the position against all enemy attacks. In the process 7 enemy tanks were destroyed by close-combat weapons and another 3 by gunfire within the Kompanie sector. The Soviets thereafter called off their offensive.

For his efforts during this battle Hektor would be awarded the Knight’s Cross.

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• - GERD NIETRUG, Die Ritterkreuzträger des Saarlandes 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, 2004.
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