Heinz Auert

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Heinz Auert Service/branch German Army		Battles/wars World War II Battles and wars World War II
Rank Leutnant of the Reserves Unit Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 116 Died February 18, 2002, Bad Laasphe, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinz Auert (11 June 1921 – 18 February 2002) was a German Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Heinz Auert was born on 11 June 1921 in Halle (Saale) and received the Knight's cross as a Lieutenant of the reserve and leader of the 2nd company of Panzer reconnaissance battalion 116 on 28 February 1945. Heinz Auert died on 18 February 2002 in Ruppershausen.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (6 December 1941)

1st Class (18 March 1942)

Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze (8 April 1942)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black (13 January 1943)

in Silver

in Gold

Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)

Close Combat Clasp

in Bronze (25 October 1943)

in Silver in 1944

Panzer Badge in Silver in 1944

German Cross in Gold on 26 May 1943 as Feldwebel in the 4./Kradschutzen-Bataillon 54

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 February 1945 as Leutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 2./Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 116

References

Heinz Auert Wikipedia

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