Hermann Lang (SS officer)

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Hermann Lang
File:Herman Lang.jpg
Born	(1922-03-24)24 March 1922 Füssen
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. near Lenggries
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Oberscharführer
Unit	3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Hermann Lang (24 March 1922 – 12 March 1975) was an Oberscharführer, in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.^[1]

At the time of his award he was an Unterscharführer and platoon commander in the, 5th Company, 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Theodor Eicke ^[2]^[3]

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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.