Date of birth:

April 24th, 1915 (Dresden/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

September 16th, 1944 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Hauptmann Kirsch died of his wounds at base hospital at reserve hospital at Breslau, Silesia (today: Wroclaw/Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland).

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Chef 7./Grenadier-Regiment 161 / 81. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

March 6th, 1944

Awarded for his achievements on the northern sector of the eastern front in late February/early March 1944. These are described in the following wartime excerpt…

“During the heavy defensive combat of recent days he held a strongpoint at a decisive location for 3 days against 19 enemy attacks in battalion-strength. Repeatedly surrounded, he broke the encirclement ring around him on his own initiative and prevented a decisive breakthrough.”

• - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
  - Haupt, W., Die 81. Infanterie-Division: Geschichte einer schlesischen Division, Ed. Dörfler im Nebel Vlg, Eggolsheim, Germany, 2006