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Jorg Burg

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
–1944

Name
  
Jorg Burg

Service/branch
  
Heer

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Died
  
21 August 1944 (1944-08-22) (aged 24) field hospital near Siauliai, Lithuania

Rank
  
Hauptmann of the Reserves (posthumously)

Jorg Burg (25 September 1919 – 21 August 1944) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a posthumously promoted to Hauptmann and posthumously awarded 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 recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (30 November 1941)
  • 1st Class (8 February 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as Leutnant of the Reserves and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 18
  • 604th Oak Leaves on 9 September 1944 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment "Grosdeutschland"

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