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Josef Dorries

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Unit
  
Grenadier-Regiment 87

Years of service
  
1941–45 1956–75

Name
  
Josef Dorries

Born
  
7 June 1923 Saarwellingen, Germany (
1923-06-07
)

Died
  
9 July 2007(2007-07-09) (aged 84) Landshut, Germany

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Unteroffizier (Wehrmacht) Stabsfeldwebel (Bundeswehr)

Josef Dorries (7 June 1923 – 9 July 2007) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a Stabsfeldwebel 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
  • 1st Class
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze
  • 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1944 as Unteroffizier and group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 87
  • Armelband Afrika

    • References

    Josef Dorries Wikipedia
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