Bio of Hauptmann Johann Pongratz (1913-1997)

Johann "Hans" Pongratz"

Date of Birth: 19.01.1913
Date of Death: 01.08.1997 - Münich, Bavaria (Germany)

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Awards and Decorations:
00.00.19__ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV.Klasse
00.00.19__ Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
04.09.1940 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer in 2.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 74 / 19.Infanterie-Division
00.00.1942 Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 (Ostmedaille)

Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/35635/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2457071#p2457071
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Fahnenträger Johann Pongratz

Oberfeldwebel Johann Pongratz as a Fahnenträger (banner holder). He received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 4 September 1940 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer in 2.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 74 / 19.Infanterie-Division.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2457071#p2457071

Three Ritterkreuzträger from 19. Infanterie-Division

October 1940: Three Ritterkreuzträger (the recipients of the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) from Infanterie-Regiment 74 / 19.Infanterie-Division. From left to right: Oberfeldwebel Johann Pongratz (Zugführer in 2.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 74. Ritterkreuz on 4 September 1940), Oberst Gustav Schmidt (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 74. Ritterkreuz on 4 September 1940), and Oberleutnant der Reserve Gustav Hippler (Führer 5.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 74. Ritterkreuz on 4 September 1940). In the German invasion to the West on the summer of 1940, four member of 19. Infanterie-Division (changed to 19. Panzer-Division on 1 November 1940) received the coveted Ritterkreuz, which was given on the same day, 4 September 1940. Three of them (pictured above) comes from Infanterie-Regiment 74, while the last one, Feldwebel Karl Jürgens, was a Zugführer in 2.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 73.

Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/35635/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/