Leypold, Karl-Heinz

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Date of birth:: June 27th, 1914
Date of death:: April 29th, 1945 (Torgelow/Pomerania, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 279, 95. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: March 18th, 1945

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:: Chef, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 347, 197. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 11th, 1944

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.

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