Bio of Oberleutnant Ulrich Gunzert (1915-2000)

Ulrich Gunzert

Date of Birth: 08.07.1915 - Muansa/Mwanza, Deutsch-Ostafrika
Date of Death: 12.10.2000 - Ottobrunn, Bayern (Germany)

Promotions:
00.00.194_ Oberleutnant

Career:
00.00.194_ Chef 3.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 258 / 258.Infanterie-Division

Awards and Decorations:
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
20.12.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberleutnant and Chef 3.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 258 / 258.Infanterie-Division. Description: “Received for leading a bold defense against the strong attacking power of a Bolshevik unit. He established a connection with cut off German forces and at this point in the fight the German unit’s has succeeded. Oberleutnant Gunzert was born in 1915 in German East Africa; He received his military training in Upper Bavarian with a Pionier Battalion. In the course of the Russian campaign he destroyed a Bolshevik tank near Grodek with a concentrated charge, and carried out a successful scouting troop operation by making an independent decision to destroy an enemy bunker construction on the Djessna. Later, he also contributed to a flak position being conquered.”

Source:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/knights-cross-medal.html?sortBy=relevant
https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en/scherl/knight-s-cross-bearer-ulrich-gunzert-1941-b-w-photo/black-and-white-photograph/asset/6364264
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=159818&p=2385475&hilit=gunzert#p2385475
http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/g.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/45948/Gunzert-Ulrich.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk99rd9KbCk