Grunge, Ernst Hermann Wilhelm "Wilhelm"
- Date of birth:
- July 27th, 1916 (Quarnebeck-Gardelegen/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 16th, 1984 (Salzwedel/Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter
- Unit:
- Stabskompanie / Schützen-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1941
Bronze version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter
- Unit:
- Stabskompanie / Schützen-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Awarded on:
- August 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- November 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- October 24th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter (Corporal)
- Unit:
- Gruppenführer 4. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93
- Awarded on:
- July 3rd, 1944
At this point Obergefreiter Grunge recognized the danger that this breakout was posing for his Division, and so he led a counterattack on his own initiative. During the subsequent fierce infantry battle he showed great bravery and decisiveness, while also creating the necessary preconditions for the armoured group of the Division to complete its own attack on the following day. For his efforts here Grunge would be decorated with the Knights’ Cross.
Sources
- Photo 1: H.-P. Rackete
- - HUß, JÜRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.
- 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
- Award certificates and documents via H.-P. Rackete
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