Date of birth:

April 19th, 1904 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

August 16th, 1965 (Göttingen/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
1939: Fahnenjunker;
1940: Leutnant der Reserve;
1942: Oberleutnant der Reserve;
1943: Hauptmann der Reserve;
1944: Major der Reserve.
1945: Oberstleutnant der Reserve.

Career:
1939: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13;
1941: Führer, 1. Kompanie, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 267;
1944: Kommandeur, Ost-Bataillon 439;
1945: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 2.
May 7th, 1945: US POW.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 5th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 27th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

1. Kompanie, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 267, 267. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

June 11th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Ost-Bataillon 439, Heer

Awarded on:

August 23rd, 1944

Awarded for his actions around Isigny, as described in the following press article (dated 13.06.1944)…

“During the combat along the Invasion front an Ost-Bataillon (commanded by Major Becker) and a German unit had the joint mission of preventing enemy thrusts across the Vire river and towards Carentan from the hostile beachhead east of the Vire estuary. The Bataillon consisted predominantly of Russians as well as a small number of Ukrainians and volunteers from other regions of the East. In this time they resisted as bravely and determinedly as the German soldiers, with whom they fought alongside shoulder to shoulder.”

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  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1987.
  - D Day - German Forces - 352. Infanterie-Division - Order of battle
  - Ritterkreuzträger Info