Laue, Hermann

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Date of birth:: May 8th, 1910 (Hanover, Germany)
Date of death:: March 24th, 1945 (Sorau-Sagan area, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:: Gruppenführer 9./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 76
Awarded on:: April 5th, 1945

Awarded for distinguishing himself during the counterattacks of the the II./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 76 (commanded by Major Wandmaker) in the area around Kielce starting on the 14.01.1945.

Awarded posthumously.

Sources

- HUß, JÜRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.

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