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Paul Ecker

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Years of service
  
1933–45

Name
  
Paul Ecker

Died
  
27 February 1979(1979-02-27) (aged 67) Linz, Austria

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9

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Paul Ecker (21 May 1913 – 27 February 1979) 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.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (11 June 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold
  • Panzer Badge in Bronze (17 July 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal (27 November 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 12 March 1942 as Hauptmann in the 3./Schutzen-Regiment 12
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 March 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9
  • 634th Oak Leaves on 28 October 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9
  • Mention in the Wehrmachtbericht (28 February 1944)

    • References

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