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Years of service
  
1914–18 1939–44

Name
  
Rudolf Boeckmann

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rank
  
Oberst of the Reserves

Died
  
September 19, 1944

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa North African Campaign First Battle of El Alamein Second Battle of El Alamein Baltic Offensive (1944) Tallinn Offensive

Other work
  
School Headmaster of Oberschule fuer Jungen Hameln, now called Schiller-Gymnasium

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Dr. phil. Rudolf Boeckmann (16 April 1895 – 19 September 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. 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. Rudolf Boeckmann was killed on 19 September 1944 near Slimisti, Estonia.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (25 August 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 July 1942 as Major and commander of schwere Artillerie-Abteilung 408

    • References

    Rudolf Boeckmann Wikipedia
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