Walter Gorn

Walter Gorn
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Born	(1898-09-24)24 September 1898 Bieganin, Posen, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	10 July 1968(1968-07-10) (aged 69) Rosenheim, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1915–20 1935–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	I./Schützen-Regiment 10 Krad-Schützen-Bataillon 59 Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 561. Volksgrenadier-Division 710. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Other work	Police officer

Walter Gorn (24 September 1898 – 10 July 1968) was a German general, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. At the Enns River, Austria, Gorn surrendered to Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 261st Infantry Regiment.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 October 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (8 April 1941)
• Panzer Badge in Bronze
• Eastern Front Medal
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
• Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze
• German Cross in Gold on 8 February 1942 as Major in the 9. Panzer-Division
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 20 April 1941 as Major and commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 10
  • 113th Oak Leaves on 17 August 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Krad-Schützen-Bataillon 59
  • 30th Swords on 8 June 1943 as Oberst and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10

References

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• 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)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 – 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham – Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 978-3-932381-20-1. 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)

External links

• Walter Gorn @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Walter Gorn @ World War 2 Awards.com
• Walter Gorn @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived January 31, 2011)

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Rudolf-Eduard Licht	Commander of 710. Infanterie-Division 15 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None