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Werner Buxa

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Years of service
  
1938–45 1960's–70's

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Werner Buxa

Born
  
16 October 1916 Memel, East Prussia (modern Lithuania) (
1916-10-16
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant of the Reserves (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
I./Grenadier-Regiment 44

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Narva (1944) Riga Offensive (1944) Courland Pocket

Died
  
May 20, 1998, Olbronn-Durrn, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Werner Buxa (16 October 1916 – 20 May 1998) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberstleutnant of the Reserves in the Bundeswehr. 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle clasp (October 1938)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 August 1941)
  • 1st Class (14 November 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (1 December 1939)
  • in Silver (22 April 1943)
  • Eastern Front Medal (14 August 1942)
  • Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (1 November 1941)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (8 June 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold on 19 August 1944 as Hauptmann in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 March 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44
  • Armelband Kurland
  • Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) (1991)
  • Order of Merit of Baden-Wurttemberg
  • Prussian Shield (East Prussia Country Association, 1991)

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