Heyden, von, Hans-Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- September 5th, 1909 (Demmin, Pomerania, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 20th, 1944 (3km north-east of Kriwaja-Batka, Ukraine)
- Buried on:
- Cemetery of Honour Victims National Socialism Kirovohrad
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Kavallerie-Regiment
01.11.1941: Kdr, II./ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 26
08.06.1942: promoted to Major
21.09.1942: WIA
27.09.1942: WIA
12.1942: flown out of the Stalingrad pocket and took over the command of part of the division outside of the pocket
1943: Kdr, Kradschützen-Abteilung 4
01.02.1944: promoted to Oberstleutnant
20.02.1944: KIA 3km north-east of Kriwaja-Batka near Nikopol, Ukraine
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Führer, II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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