Prost, Theodor (Grenadier-Regiment 519)

Date of birth:: September 3rd, 1914 (Gladbeck/Westphalia, Germany)
Date of death:: July 31st, 1944 (near Vitebsk)
Buried on:: Garrison Cemetery Minsk
Grave: unk.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:: Zugführer, 12. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 519, 296. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 20th, 1943

The following wartime excerpt describes why Prost received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberfeldwebel Theodor Probst… participated in a deliberate counterattack north of Orel while serving as a Zugführer in a Grenadier-Kompanie. During this attack the assault group came under flanking MG fire from two enemy bunkers. In response Probst took 4 men, stormed both bunkers and annihilated their garrison of over 20 men.”

According to Fellgiebel the surname is Probst.