Burgmann, Gert
- Date of birth:
- January 21st, 1922 (Remscheid)
- Date of death:
- October 26th, 1944 (Goldap/Easternprussia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
26.10.1944: KIA in the assault towards Alt-Bodenhausen in Eastern Prussia to avoid the encirclement of the 131. ID elements located in Goldap, Masuria.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 688, 337. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Kompanie, Sturmbataillon, Armeeoberkommando 4, AOK 4, 131. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- February 18th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 2. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 179, 57. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Sturmbataillon, AOK 4, 131. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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