| Günter Halm | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 27 August 1922 (age 97) |
| Place of birth | Elze/Province of Hanover, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Heer |
| Years of service | 1940 – 1945 |
| Rank | Grenadier |
| Unit | 21st Panzer Division |
| Awards |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class |
Günter Halm (born 27 August 1922) was a Grenadier in the Richtschütze Pakzug Stabskompanie Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104 / Deutsches Afrika-Korps attached to the 21st Panzer Division during World War II, and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany. He was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Knight's Cross simultaneously on July 29, 1942.
Post war
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Halm survived the war and is still alive as of 2011.
AwardsEdit
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 July 1942 as Grenadier and gunner in the Pakzug (anti tank platoon) in the Stabskompanie/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104[2][3]
ReferencesEdit
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Günter Halm". World War II Awards. http://www.ww2awards.com/person/28486. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 362.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 211, 492.
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
External linksEdit
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- Kurowski, F., Knight’s Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1996
- WW2 Awards - http://www.ww2awards.com/person/28486
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