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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1937–45 1958–72

Name
  
Herbert Fritz


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Died
  
11 October 1996(1996-10-11) (aged 79) Oberammergau

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major(Wehrmacht) Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
Gebirgsjager-Regiment 13

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Herbert Fritz (27 October 1916 – 11 October 1996) was a German general in the Bundeswehr. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

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Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 14 February 1942 as Leutnant in the 4./MG-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1944 as Hauptmann and chief of the 16./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13

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