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Herbert Borchardt

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1936–45

Name
  
Herbert Borchardt

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Leutnant der Reserves

Died
  
6 August 1944(1944-08-06) (aged 30) Tryskiai, Lithuania

Unit
  
7./Grenadier-Regiment 189

Herbert Borchardt (11 February 1914 – 6 August 1944) was a highly decorated Leutnant der Reserves 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. Herbert Borchardt died on 6 August 1944 near Tryskiai, Lithuania.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (21 January 1944)
  • 1st Class (6 March 1944)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 March 1944 as Leutnant der Reserves and Stostruppfuhrer (shock troops leader) in the 7. / Grenadier-Regiment 189

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