Kloß, Max

Date of birth:: March 14th, 1917 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: December 2nd, 1944 (Lazarett 623 Lucenec/Czech, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: II. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144, 3. Gebirgs-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 1st, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144, 3. Gebirgs-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: November 26th, 1944

On the 04.02.1944 Kloß and his Gebirgsjäger Bataillon were positioned in the Hp. Tok bridgehead, having been brought to the area by rail transport. On this day Kloß and his men expanded the area around the bridgehead to the north and west up until the evening. With this action they were able to thwart the local Soviet intentions to compress the bridgehead and thereby get one step closer to destroying the German forces around Nikopol.

Major Kloß would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross for his defense of Hp. Tok.