Walter Neitzel

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Walter Neitzel
Born (1913-05-09)9 May 1913
Greifenberg
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Kaikasi, Latvia
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service ?–1944
Rank Oberstleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands held I./Grenadier-Regiment 409
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Walter Neitzel (9 May 1913 – 2 September 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Walter Neitzel died on 2 September 1944 in Kaikasi, Latvia. He was posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant and on 5 September 1944 was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas 1998, p. 115.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 327.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 263.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 74.

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