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Walter Kading

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1935–45

Name
  
Walter Kading

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Rank
  
Leutnant zur See

Born
  
14 September 1915 Berlin (
1915-09-14
)

Died
  
4 January 1991(1991-01-04) (aged 75) Bremen

Unit
  
cruiser Leipzig SSS Albert Leo Schlageter U-123

Walter Kading (14 September 1915 in Berlin – 4 January 1991 in Bremen) was a German watch officer and coxswain on a U-boat in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1939)
  • Spanish Cross (6 June 1939)
  • Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (11 December 1940)
  • 1st Class (25 August 1941)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (11 December 1940)
  • U-boat Front Clasp
  • in Bronze (9 January 1945)
  • in Silver (1945)
  • German Cross in Gold on 6 September 1943 as Obersteuermann on U-123/2. Unterseeboots-Flottille
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 May 1944 as Obersteuermann and 3rd watch officer and coxswain on U-123

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