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Hermann Klein (officer)

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Hermann Klein

Died
  
18 August 1944(1944-08-18) (aged 31) MIA Ergli, Courland

Rank
  
Major of the Reserves (posthumously)

Unit
  
329th Infantry Division

Hermann Klein (19 July 1913 – 18 August 1944) was a Major of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (3 November 1941)
  • 1st Class (14 February 1943)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (17 December 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 April 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and Regimentsadjutant in the Grenadier-Regiment 551
  • 567th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and Regimentsadjutant in the Grenadier-Regiment 551

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