Hans Hirning

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Hans Hirning
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Born	14 November 1922 Ulm, Germany
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Dürnholz, Czechoslovakia
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–44
Rank	Oberscharführer
Unit	3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Eastern Front Medal Tank Destruction Badge in Silver Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze Close Combat Clasp

Hans Hirning (14 November 1922 – 30 April 1945) was an Oberscharführer, in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Hans Hirning was born on the 14 November 1922 at Ulm, he volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class in October 1941 and the 1st class award in July 1942. He was a Rottenführer in the Mortar section of the 6th Company, 1st Infantry Regiment, SS Totenkopf when he was awarded the Knight's Cross in October 1942.

Hans Hirning was killed in action at Dürnholz in Czechoslovakia on the April 30th, 1945.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Stab	Hellmuth Becker¹ (Oak Leaves) Erich Eberhardt Theodor Eicke (Oak Leaves) Hermann Prieß² (Oak Leaves & Swords)
SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"	Fritz Biermeier (Oak Leaves) Walter Mattern Hubert-Erwin Meierdress³ (Oak Leaves) Waldemar Riefkogel Rudolf Säumenicht
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf"	Christian Bachmann Otto Baum⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hermann Buchner Ernst Häußler Hermann Lang Josef Rölleke Lothar Swierzinski
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Totenkopf"	Walter Reder Joachim Schubach
SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1	Eduard Deisenhofer Hans Hirning Ludwig Köchle Max Simon⁵ (Oak Leaves) August Zingel
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"	Hellmuth Becker¹ (Oak Leaves) Hans Endreß Johann Fiedler Kurt Franke Kurt Launer Heinz-Fritz Müller Karl Ullrich⁶ (Oak Leaves)
SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3	Otto Baum⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords)
SS-(Panzer-)Artillerie-Regiment 3	Walter Gerth Hermann Prieß² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Ernst Stäudle Josef Swientek
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3	Georg Bochmann⁷ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Fritz Christen Boris Kraas Adolf Pittschellis
SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung(-Batterie) 3	Ernst Dehmel Berndt Lubich von Milovan Hubert-Erwin Meierdress³ (Oak Leaves) Felix Przedwojewski Wilfried Richter
SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Totenkopf"	Walter Bestmann
SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon "Totenkopf" later SS-Krad-Schützen-Regiment "Thule"	Georg Bochmann⁷ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Kleffner
SS-(Panzer-)Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3	Lino Masarie Alfred Titschkus
SS-Pionier-Bataillon 3	Max Seela Karl Ullrich⁶ (Oak Leaves)
SS-Flak-Abteilung 3	Otto Kron
¹Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", Oak Leaves with the Stab. ²Knight's Cross with SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3, Oak Leaves and Swords with the Stab. ³ Knight's Cross with the SS-Sturmgeschütz-Batterie, Oak Leaves with the SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf". ⁴Knight's Cross with SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3, Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf" and Swords with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. ⁵Oak Leaves with the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS. ⁶Knight's Cross with SS-Pionier-Bataillon 3, Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke". ⁷Knight's Cross with the SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung "Totenkopf", Oak Leaves with the SS-Krad-Schützen-Regiment "Thule" and Swords with the 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel.