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Josef Bregenzer

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Name
  
Josef Bregenzer

Years of service
  
1927–45

Unit
  
88th Infantry Division

Born
  
12 June 1909 Werneck (
1909-06-12
)

Died
  
16 July 1944(1944-07-16) (aged 35) Swinjuchi, Poland

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Josef Franz Bregenzer (12 June 1909 – 16 July 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant 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 and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (20 February 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal (1 August1942)
  • Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (15 August 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 September 1943 as Major in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 245
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 20 April 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 245
  • 427th Oak Leaves on 17 March 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 245
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 13 March 1944

    • References

    Josef Bregenzer Wikipedia
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