Stephani, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- August 15th, 1904 (Donaueschingen/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 20th, 1944 (Écorches/Orne department, Basse-Normandie, France)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- 9./Jäger-Regiment 75
- Awarded on:
- June 28th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann
- Unit:
- 1./Luftlande-Lehr-Abteilung 1
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major der Reserve (Major)
- Unit:
- Führer Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 9
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1944
Awarded for his command achievements while leading the Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 9 during the battle of Normandy.
Details:
Posthumously awarded.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Lodieu, D., Dying for Saint-Lô – Hedgerow Hell, July 1944, Histoire & Collections, Paris, France, 2007
- Kurowski, F., Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1995
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