Date of birth:

October 30th, 1918 (Rheine/Westernphalia, Germany)

Date of death:

July 26th, 1997 (Rheine/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Bernhard Walterbach, finally reached the rank of Leutnant der Reserve.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

Zugführer 2. / Pionier-Bataillon 253

Awarded on:

September 22nd, 1943

Awarded for actions in the fighting near Orel in September 1943. After his company commander had fallen Walterbach took over his then platoon strength company and then launched a counterattack at a critical breach in the German line. They sealed it off and captured or killed the Soviets that had broken in.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 12th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 16th, 1942

Silvio version

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
  - ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de