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Bauer, Kurt Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 173)

Date of birth:
August 19th, 1920 (Langenbernsdorf-Stöcken/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
February 20th, 1971 (Zwickau/Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
01.10.1942: Leutnant (340)
24.10.1944: Oberleutnant

15.08.1944: Führer - 3./ Grenadier-Regiment 173
00.10.1944: Chef - 2./ Grenadier-Regiment 173

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
3.Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 173, 87. Infanterie Division
Awarded on:
October 14th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kompaniechef, 2.Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 173, 87. Infanterie Division
Awarded on:
October 24th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Igor Poul
  • Photo 2: Süddeutsche Zeitung
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.
    - Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes

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