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Othmar Kreuzinger

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Othmar Kreuzinger

Service/branch
  
German Army

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Rank
  
Hauptmann of the Reserves (posthumously)

Died
  
September 13, 1944, Warsaw, Poland

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Unit
  
24th Panzer Division, 19th Panzer Division

Othmar Kreuzinger (9 September 1919 – 13 September 1944) was a Hauptmann of the Reserves 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

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (29 August 1942)
  • 1st Class (26 July 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 14 May 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 19
  • 625th Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 19
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 September 1944

    • References

    Othmar Kreuzinger Wikipedia
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