Alfred Günther
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Alfred Günther
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| Born | 25 April 1917 Magdeburg, Germany |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Evrecy, France |
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| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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 Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1938–44 |
| Rank | Untersturmführer |
| Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class |
Alfred Günther (25 April 1917 – 15 June 1944) was a Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Günther, SS service number 392 402, commanded the 3rd Company, 1st SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion.[1] He was later transferred to the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion and commanded a Tiger tank in the 3rd Platoon, 3rd Company.[citation needed] He was killed when his Tiger tank was hit by an aircraft bomb on 15 June 1944.[citation needed]
His grave is in War Graves cemetery at La Cambe: Block 30 Row 8 grave 303.
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 March 1943 as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[2][Note 1]
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1Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. 2Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. 3Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. 4Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. 5Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 6Knight's with SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland" (2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich). 7Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 8Swords with the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
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