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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Johann Port

Rank
  
Oberfeldwebel

Years of service
  
1937–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Unit
  
Infanterie-Regiment 266

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)

Died
  
2006, Bernkastel-Kues, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Greece, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Sevastopol, World War II

Johann Port (3 February 1915 – 27 March 2006) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel 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.

Awards and decorations

  • West Wall Medal (20 March 1940)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (21 September 1941)
  • 1st Class (15 December 1941)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (1 November 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (12 June 1942)
  • in Silver (17 January 1945)
  • Eastern Front Medal (15 July 1942)
  • Crimea Shield
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 August 1942 as Feldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 8.(MG)/Infanterie-Regiment 266

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