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Fischer, Wilhelm (Gren.Rgt. 24)

Date of birth:: November 14th, 1917 (Kürten-Lenninghausen, Germany)
Date of death:: May 1945 (Ostpreussen)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:: Führer 3. Kompanie, III. Battalion, Grenadier-Regiment 24, 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:: March 28th, 1945

Awarded for his actions on the 26.01.1945 while his Regiment was positioned as the right wing of the 21. Infanterie-Division, specifically behind Lake Rehsauer (east of Drengfurth). Here Leutnant Fischer demonstrated outstanding bravery and prevented a Soviet breakthrough on his own initiative.

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Sources

- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Ritterkreuzträger - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 - 1945

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