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Hermann Bockel

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst of the Reserves

Name
  
Hermann Bockel

Years of service
  
1914–18 1939–45

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 688

Died
  
2 February 1984(1984-02-02) (aged 89) Mainz

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany

Dr. jur. Hermann Bockel (13 September 1894 – 2 February 1984) was a highly decorated Oberst of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II and 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. Hermann Bockel was captured in May 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (1 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (9 September 1940)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (9 September 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold (22 September 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 August 1944 as Oberst of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 688

    • References

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