Hans Dorr

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Rank SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Name Hans Dorr Service/branch Waffen-SS		Years of service 1934–45 Unit SS-Rgt "Germania" Battles and wars World War II

Born 7 April 1912 Sontheim, Allgau ( 1912-04-07 ) Service number NSDAP #4,201,019 SS #77,360 Commands held I./SS-PzGrenRgt "Germania" Died April 17, 1945, Judenburg, Austria

Hans Dorr (7 April 1912 – 17 April 1945) was a German Waffen-SS Obersturmbannfuhrer (Lieutenant Colonel) who served with the 5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking and was a commander of the SS-Regiment Germania. He was wounded 16 times during World War II and died at a field hospital near Judenburg a month before the war's end. He was also awarded the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (14 November 1939)

1st Class (20 August 1940)

Sudetenland Medal with Clasp (12 June 1940)

Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (20 April 1942)

Wound Badge (1939)

Black (20 October 1940)

Silver (20 August 1941)

Gold (20 April 1942)

Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)

Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants (28 April 1944)

German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as SS-Obersturmfuhrer in the 1./SS-Regiment "Germania"

Close Combat Clasp

Bronze (15 September 1943)

Silver (3 May 1944)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Knight's Cross on 27 November 1942 as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer and chief of the 4./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Germania"

327th Oak Leaves on 13 November 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania"

77th Swords on 9 July 1944 as SS-Sturmbannfuhrer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"

References

Hans Dorr Wikipedia

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