Othmar Kreuzinger

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Othmar Kreuzinger
Born	9 September 1919 Römerstadt, Sudetenland
Died	13 September 1944(1944-09-13) (aged 25) Warsaw, Poland
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Hauptmann of the Reserves (posthumously)
Unit	24th Panzer Division 19th Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Othmar Kreuzinger (9 September 1919 – 13 September 1944) was a Hauptmann of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient 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.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (29 August 1942)
  • 1st Class (26 July 1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 14 May 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19
  • 625th Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 September 1944

Wehrmachtbericht reference

Date	Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording	Direct English translation
25 September 1944 (addendum)	In den Kämpfen bei Warschau zeichnete sich der Ritterkreuzträger Oberleutnant d. R. Kreuzinger, Kompaniechef in einer Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung, wiederholt durch besondere Tapferkeit aus. Er fand in diesen Kämpfen den Heldentod.	In the fighting near Warsaw, the Knight's Cross bearer First Lieutenant of the Reserves Kreuzinger, company chief in a Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, repeatedly distinguished himself through extraordinary bravery. He found in this fighting a heroic death.

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht