Otto Benzin

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Service/branch Heer Rank Major Name Otto Benzin		Years of service 1928–44 Commands held Grenadier-Regiment 89

Born 23 November 1910 Pritzwalk ( 1910-11-23 ) Died 29 June 1944(1944-06-29) (aged 33) † Babruysk, Belarus Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Otto Benzin (23 November 1910 – 29 June 1944) was a Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients 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. He was killed on 29 June 1944 at Babruysk, Belarus during Operation Bagration.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (27 May 1940)

1st Class (4 July 1941)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black

in Silver

in Gold

Eastern Front Medal

Infantry Assault Badge

Close Combat Clasp

in Bronze

Demyansk Shield

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 31 December 1941 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 89

406th Oak Leaves on 22 February 1944 as Major and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 89

References

Otto Benzin Wikipedia

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