Date of birth:

August 19th, 1916 (Johannisburg/Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

September 2nd, 2000 (Bornheim/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

2. / Fallschirm-Flak-Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2

Awarded on:

October 28th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur Luftwaffen-Feld-Bataillon z.b.V. 100

Awarded on:

November 14th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major (Squadron Leader)

Unit:

Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon "Kerutt"

Awarded on:

February 2nd, 1945

On the 16.10.1944 Major Kerutt distinguished himself as a Kampfgruppe commander in the fighting near Venraij. Here he succeeded in counterattacking broken-in elements of the British XXX. Corps, although he was wounded severely near the end of the battle. Kerutt would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross for this and other achievements during the fighting in Holland.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 26th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 14th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 16th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 12th, 1942

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