Pfalzgraf, Oskar (Infanterie-Regiment 695)
- Date of birth:
- December 9th, 1901 (Kassel/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 27th, 1976 (Essen-Bredeney/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 695, 340. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1942
“Feldwebel Oskar Pfalzgraf… was awarded the Knight’s Cross on the 07.10.1942 while serving as a Zugführer in an Infanterie-Regiment. He received this for his actions northwest of Voronezh at the end of July 1942. Here, acting on his own initiative, he managed to halt an attack by far numerically superior Bolshevik forces with only a few infantrymen.”
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz - Sammelbilder
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