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Heinz Korn

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Heinz Korn

Years of service
  
1937–45 1958–?

Born
  
19 February 1920 Berlin (
1920-02-19
)

Died
  
13 October 2000(2000-10-13) (aged 80) Buxtehude

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberfeldmeister (Wehrmacht) Major of the Reserves (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 232

Ich hab den Vater Rhein in seinem Bett geseh'n - Kurt Adolf Thelen (1960)


Heinz Korn (19 February 1920 – 13 October 2000) was a highly decorated Oberfeldmeister 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.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe
  • Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge
  • German Cross in Gold (27 October 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 January 1945 as Feldmeister and Mesoffizier (measuring officer) in the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 232 (RAD 8/60)

    • References

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