KIA (KILLED IN ACTION)
Hermann Seitz (19 April 1902 - 20 December 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 12 April 1942 as Oberstleutnant and Kommandeur Aufklärungs-Abteilung 20 (motorisiert) / 126.Infanterie-Division
Eichenlaub #140 on 31 October 1942 as Oberstleutnant and Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Regiment 63 / 17.Panzer-Division
KIA 20.12.1942 near Gromoslawka in the Stalingrad area.
Georg Hesse (30 September 1907 - 22 September 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 31 December 1941 as Major and Führer III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment (motorisiert) 120 / 60.Infanterie-Division (motorisiert)
KIA 22.09.1942 in the Stalingrad area.
Bruno Chrobeck (9 October 1895 - 10 December 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 4 July 1940 as Major and Kommandeur I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 54 / 18.Infanterie-Division
KIA 10.12.1942 near Dimitriyevka in the Stalingrad area.
Franz Berger (6 August 1916 - 29 December 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 19 July 1940 as Feldwebel der Reserve and Stoßtruppführer in 11.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 130 / 45.Infanterie-Division
KIA 29.12.1942 near Rasguljajewka Station in the center of Stalingrad.
Hans-Georg Brandt (4 November 1903 - 4 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 22 January 1943 (posthumously) as Oberstleutnant and Führer Infanterie-Regiment 577 / 305.Infanterie-Division
KIA 04.01.1943 in the north of Stalingrad.
Wilhelm "Willi" Braun (6 February 1902 - 22 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 20 January 1943 as Major and Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 576 / 305.Infanterie-Division
KIA 22.01.1943 in the north of Stalingrad.
Alexander von Hartmann (11 December 1890 - 26 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 8 October 1942 as Generalmajor and Kommandeur 71. Infanterie-Division
KIA 26.01.1943 during the Battle of Stalingrad. Before his death Hartmann stated, "I intend to go to my infantry in the front line...I will seek death among their ranks. Captivity for a general is dishonourable." He was killed instantly when he was shot in the head while standing upright on the railway embankment firing "shot after shot from his rifle.".
Wilhelm Henz (1 October 1915 - 30 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 8 August 1941 as Leutnant and Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division
KIA 30.01.1943 during the escape attempt in Stalingrad.
Alfred Franke (20 September 1918 - 9 September 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 29 October 1942 (posthumously) as Oberfeldwebel and Flugzeugführer in 2.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53)
KIA 09.09.1942 in the north of Stalingrad after dog-fighting with a Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik flown by Kapitan Pavel S. Vinogradov (694 IAP, 228 ShAD).
Berthold Grassmuck (13 January 1917 - 18 October 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 19 September 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and Flugzeugführer in 2.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52)
KIA 18.10.1942 after his aircraft was shot down by Soviet Flak over Stalingrad.
Fritz Bliesener (24 January 1920 - 25 November 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 20 December 1941 as Leutnant and Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 (KG 55)
KIA 25.11.1942 during bombing mission in the Great Don Bend, Stalingrad.
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MIA (MISSING IN ACTION)
Dr.med.dent. Paul Gloger (2 April 1896 - 18 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 25 January 1943 as Major and Kommandeur Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244
MIA 18.01.1943 in Stalingrad (based on his Personalakte and Volksbund database).
Hermann Dormann (11 October 1912 - 22 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 4 January 1943 as Hauptmann and Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 64 / 16.Panzer-Division
MIA 22.01.1943. His name has been added to the German War Cemetery Rossosjka.
Josef Galle (7 January 1914 - 28 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 25 January 1943 as Wachtmeister and Geschutzführer in 3.Batterie / Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244
MIA 28.01.1943 after captured by the Soviets during the fighting in Stalingrad.
Wilhelm Böck / Boeck (15 March 1897 - 23 January 1943)
Ritterkreuz on 20 January 1943 as Oberst and Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 176 / 76.Infanterie-Division
MIA 23.01.1943 in Stalingrad and officially declared dead in 1953.
Ludwig Häfner (17 February 1921 - 10 November 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 21 December 1942 (posthumously) as Leutnant and Flugzeugführer in 6.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) "Udet"
MIA 10.11.1942 with Bf 109G-2 Werknummer 13631 coded "Yellow 6" while undertaking a low level attack on a Russian airfield at Kolobovka, 80 km east of Stalingrad when hit by Anti-Aircraft fire.
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DOW (DIED OF WOUNDS)
Alfred Engfer (30 November 1915 - 3 September 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 13 September 1942 (posthumously) as Hauptmann and Kommandeur III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 523 / 297.Infanterie-Division
DOW 03.09.1942 in the Kriegslazerett VIII/533 at Konstantinovka, after severely wounded at Stalingrad on 01.09.1942.
Dr.jur. Adolf Baum (28 October 1916 - 4 December 1942)
Ritterkreuz on 21 December 1942 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant and Chef 5.Batterie / Flak-Regiment 37 (motorisiert)
DOW 04.12.1942 in the Lazarett Krakau, Poland, after severely wounded at Stalingrad.
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SUICIDE
Ritterkreuz on 7 August 1940 as Oberst and Kommandeur 11.Schützen-Brigade / 11.Panzer-Division
Committed suicide 02.02.1943 after the failure of the plan of escaping the encirclement by passing through the frontlines wearing captured Red Army uniforms accompanied by Russian Hiwis.
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