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Franz Xaver Attenberger

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Stabsgefreiter

Service/branch
  
German Army

Years of service
  
1937–45

Name
  
Franz-Xaver Attenberger

Unit
  
3./Artillerie-Regiment 114

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Budapest Offensive

Died
  
August 9, 1991, Falkenberg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Anschluss, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Franz-Xaver Attenberger (19 July 1915 – 9 August 1991) was a highly decorated Stabsgefreiter in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Anschluss Medal
  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Crimea Shield
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 January 1945 as Stabsgefreiter and driver in the 3./Artillerie-Regiment 114
  • References

    Franz-Xaver Attenberger Wikipedia


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