Jaeger, Gerhard (Infanterie-Regiment 418)

Date of birth:: September 15th, 1911 (Reinsdorf, Germany)
Date of death:: September 19th, 1942 (Samoschka, Staraya Russa, Novgorod, Russia)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Korpowo
Grave: UNK.
Service number:: SS-Nr.: 43.599 // NSDAP-Nr.: 804.404
Nationality:: German

Biography

Gerhard Jäger (VDK)

Promotions:
30.01.1938: SS-Untersturmführer
10.09.1939: SS-Obersturmführer
23.02.1942: Feldwebel
00.00.1942: Leutnant
19.09.1942: SS-Hauptsturmführer

Career:
10.09.1939: Adjutant, I. Sturmbann, SS-Standarte 27 "Ostmark", Frankfurt am Oder
23.02.1942: Zugführer, 7. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 418, 123. Infanterie-Division
19.09.1942: Oberleutnant, KIA in Samoschka, south-east of Staraya Russa

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Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer

Awarded on:: February 1934

Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen

Awarded on:: December 1st, 1938

DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze

Awarded on:: December 1st, 1938

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:: Zugführer, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 418, 123. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: February 23rd, 1942

The following wartime excerpt describes why Jaeger received the Knight’s Cross…

“Feldwebel Gerhard Jaeger… defended a commanding hill for weeks while serving as a Zugführer in a Grenadier-Regiment. Along with just a few comrades he threw back a far numerically superior enemy on multiple occasions (and often in close combat) with horrendous losses for the foe.”