Lenz, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 164)

Date of birth:: September 7th, 1891 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: August 3rd, 1943 (Sseretino/Russian SFSR, USSR)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Plot: 8. Row: 31. Grave: 1830.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1942: Major, Führer, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 164, 57. Infanterie-Division
03.08.1943: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 164, 57. Infanterie-Division, DOW in the Sanko.1/19 in Sseretino
posthumously promoted to Oberst

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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Führer, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 164, 57. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 11th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 164, 57. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: February 9th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 20./21.02.1943) describes why Lenz was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberstleutnant Lenz launched 6 successful attacks near Voronezh that led to the prevention of an enemy breakthrough.”

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 50/51)