Fink, Karl-Heinrich
- Date of birth:
- April 1st, 1922 (Sonthofen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 23rd, 1980 (Lindenberg im Allgäu/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 113, 1. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- February 20th, 1943
“Leutnant Fink and his small party of just 6 men withstood the onslaught of strong enemy forces against a village between the Don and the Donez rivers. They inflicted heavy losses on the Bolsheviks, and through their actions they enable the recapture of the village via a hasty counterthrust. out in the village of Wesselyj Gaj against the massive Soviet forces that had entered the village. Over the course of a two hour battle they inflicted heavy losses on the Soviets, and through these actions they enabled the eventual recapture of the village via a counterthrust.”
Other sources reveal that the village being defended by Fink and his men was Wesselyj Gaj. The defensive phase of this action took place over a two hour period on the 03.01.1943.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40, 17. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- April 24th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- I. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 113, 1. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1945
Date according to Soldbuch.
According to Patzwall / Scherzer the name is Karlheinz.
According to Patzwall / Scherzer the rank is Leutnant.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- - DÖRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003.
- Newspaper Article RK.
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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