Kurt Bajorat

Kurt Bajorat
Kurt Bajorat
Born	2 December 1922
Died	15 January 1945 (aged 22)
Place of birth	Groß Baum-Labiau
Place of death	Katenau-Ebenrode
Allegiance	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/military/images/9/99/Flag_of_German_Reich_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20131224212112" alt="Nazi Germany" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_German_Reich_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg" data-image-name="Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg" width="23" height="14" > Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1941–1945
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Mars ; Battle of Kursk ; Baltic Offensive (1944) ; Battle of Memel ; East Prussian Offensive;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kurt Bajorat (2 December 1922 – 15 January 1945) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Kurt Bajorat was killed on 15 January 1945 in Katenau-Ebenrode during the East Prussian Offensive.

Awards and decorationsEdit

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (5 May 1942)
- 1st Class (5 October 1942)
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- in Silver
Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 May 1944 as Obergefreiter and group leader in the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13^[1]

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Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 103.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. 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.
Huß, Jürgen (2009). Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941 - 1945. Zweibrücken: VDM Nickel. ISBN 978-3-86619-042-9.

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[0] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 103.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 5th Panzer Division
Stab	Karl Decker¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Eduard Metz Anton-Detlev von Plato
Panzer-Regiment 31	Heinrich Becker Wilhelm Buss Hans Christern Oskar Eysser Georg Gransee Otto Heymann Hans Hohmann Rolf Lippert Aegidius Mimra Gerhard Niemeck Friedrich-Karl Nökel Joachim Sander² (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg Paul-Hermann Werner
Panzer-Regiment 15 (attached during the Battle of France)	Johannes Streich
Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 13	Erich Abraham Kurt Bajorat Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Drewes (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Friedrich (Oak Leaves) Ewald Görsch Friedrich-Karl Henrici Otto Kuhn Paul Lange Karl Seckler
Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 14	Prosper Graf zu Castell-Castell Hans Drude Gustav Ellmers Alfred Gudelius Hans-Georg Herzog (Oak Leaves) Alfred Jaedtke Josef Jenatschek August Keine Eduard Kraus Karl Lauch Karl-Heinrich Plöger Günther Schemmel Heinrich Schollen
Panzerartillerie-Regiment 116	Wilhelm Okrent Heinrich Steinwachs
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 53	Paul Jancke Eduard Radowski Hans-Georg von Ramin Georg Wyczisk
Kradschützen-Bataillon 55	Hans Hauptmann Albert Hoffmann
Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 5	Fritz Feßmann³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Fritz Schreckenbach
Panzerpionier-Bataillon 89	Edzard von Reden
Feldersatz-Bataillon 116	Fritz Eschmann
¹ Knight's Cross with Panzer-Regiment 3 (2nd Panzer Division), Swords with the XXXIX. Panzerkorps ² Knight's Cross with Panzer-Regiment 23 ³ Knight's Cross with Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 7, Oak Leaves with Kradschützen-Bataillon 64

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