KÄMPFE, Helmut
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kämpfe, Helmut Date of birth:  July 31st, 1909 (Jena/Saxe-Weimar, Germany) Date of death:  June 10th, 1944 (Breuilaufa, France) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Helmut Kämpfe was after taken prisoner, killed by Franch resistance fighters and lies buried at Berneuil (France), Block 1, Line 6, Grave 176.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: August 26th, 1941         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: November 7th, 1941         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer Unit: 2. / SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" Awarded on: March 11th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) Unit: Kommandeur III. / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" Awarded on: December 10th, 1943         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) Unit: Bataillonskommandeur III. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006. - 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 - Scrapbookpages.com