Klüser, Ewald

Date of birth:: May 6th, 1907 (Halscheid/Gummersbach, Germany)
Date of death:: November 9th, 2000 (Wissen/Sieg, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann
Unit:: 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 79
Awarded on:: April 23rd, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Chef 2./Pionier-Bataillon 12
Awarded on:: February 10th, 1945

Awarded for the bitter defense of the village of Laroche-en-Ardenne by his Kompanie during the Battle of the Bulge. Klüser and his Pioniere were able to fend off all opposing attacks and in doing so prevent an Allied breakthrough, all while inflicting high losses and destroying a number of tanks in close combat in the process.

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- SCHERZER, VEIT, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2010.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

Klüser, Ewald

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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