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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Major

Name
  
Otto Benzin

Years of service
  
1928–44

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 89

Otto Benzin
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

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