Heilbronn, Gerhard (Schützen-Regiment 7)

Date of birth:: October 20th, 1908 (Hamburg, Germany)
Date of death:: May 4th, 1945 (Dillingen an der Donau/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Karl Gerhard Heilbronn
00.00.1942: Hauptmann, Führer, II. Bataillon, Schützen-Regiment 7, 7. Panzer-Division
00.00.1943: Major, Kdr, Kradschützen Bataillon 7, 7. Panzer-Division
00.00.1944: Oberstleutnant, Kdr. der Fahnenjunker-Schule 4 der Panzer-Truppe in Bamberg
04.05.1945: Oberstleutnant, Kdr, Kampfgruppe Heilbronn, Pz.Kgr.XIII von Hobe, severely WIA near Glonn, between Arnbach and the Motorway A8 - DOW in military hospital in Dillingen an der Donau
Posthumously promoted to Oberst (colonel).

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

in bronze

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Führer, II. Bataillon, Schützen-Regiment 7, 7. Panzer-Division, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
Awarded on:: April 12th, 1942

Awarded for the successful counterattack that he launched against a much larger opposing force on his own initiative. After recapturing the German positions Heilbronn and his men repulsed all the subsequent attacks of the enemy.

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
Photo 2:
Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- 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
- Manteuffel, von H., Die 7. Panzer-Division – Bewaffnung, Einsätze, Männer, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2001
- Diroll, Die Hamburger Ritterkreuzträger