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Jakob Fuchs

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Years of service
  
1938–45 1956–72

Name
  
Jakob Fuchs

Unit
  
Grenadier-Regiment 124

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Born
  
1 August 1920 Damflos (
1920-08-01
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Greece Battle of Metaxas Line Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942) Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive

Died
  
November 3, 2005, Hermeskeil, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Greece

Rank
  
Feldwebel (Wehrmacht), Hauptfeldwebel (Bundeswehr)

Jakob Fuchs (1 August 1920 – 3 November 2005) was a highly decorated Feldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a Hauptfeldwebel in the Bundeswehr. 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 July 1942)
  • 1st Class
  • Infantry Assault Badge (19 July 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (4 August 1942)
  • in Silver (29 September 1944)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Silver (18 October 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 October 1944 as Unteroffizier and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 124

    • References

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