Date of birth:

January 6th, 1916 (Salla, Austria)

Date of death:

April 11th, 1983 (Voitsberg, Austria)

Nationality:

Austrian

Kaspar Brandner reached the rank of Obergefreiter.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberjäger (Corporal)

Unit:

Gruppenführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91, 4. Gebirgs-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 28th, 1944

Awarded for his actions in October 1944 near the village of Mezö (along the Carpathian front). Here he and his squad wiped out an entire company of Soviet soldiers and held off the Soviet attack long enough for reinforcements to arrive and stabilize the situation.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945.