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Alfred Eidel

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Years of service
  
1929–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Alfred Eidel

Rank
  
Major

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Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Unit
  
I./Grenadier-Regiment 171

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Operation Kutuzov

Died
  
June 23, 1944, Vitebsk, Belarus

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Operation Barbarossa, Operation Kutuzov, World War II

Alfred Eidel (23 May 1910 – 23 June 1944) was a highly decorated Major in the German Army during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded for extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (9 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (29 June 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 August 1942 as Hauptmann in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 171
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 24 September 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 171
  • 283rd Oak Leaves on 23 August 1943 as Major and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 171

    • References

    Alfred Eidel Wikipedia
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