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Langkeit, Willy |
| Date of birth: | June 2nd, 1907 (Schuchten/East Prussia, Germany)
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October 27th, 1969 (Bad Bramstedt/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Major
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Unit:
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II. / Panzer-Regiment 36
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Awarded on:
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July 1st, 1942
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Award 141/45.
Several sources state the awarding of the DKiG with the II. / Panzer-Regiment 36. Research suggests that Langkeit was appointed Kommandeur I. / Panzer-Regiment 36 on 1st July 1942.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Major
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Kommandeur I. / Panzer-Regiment 36 / 14.Panzer-Division / 6.Armee / Heeresgruppe Don
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Awarded on:
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December 9th, 1942
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1338th Award.
Several sources state the awarding of the DKiG with the II. / Panzer-Regiment 36. Research suggests that Langkeit was appointed Kommandeur I. / Panzer-Regiment 36 on 1st July 1942.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 36 / 14.Panzer-Division / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
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Awarded on:
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December 7th, 1943
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348th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection |
| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Grams, R., Die 14. Panzer-Division – 1940-1945, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2004
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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