BECKER, Rudolf (WH-Panzergrenadier)
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Becker, Rudolf (WH-Panzergrenadier) Date of birth:  January 7th, 1923 (Köningsborn/North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) Date of death:  October 13th, 1944 (Püspökladany, Hungarian) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Was promoted to Oberleutnant in January 1944 and was pothumos promoted to Hauptmann.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: January 20th, 1943         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: March 8th, 1943         ANERKENNUNGSURKUNDE DES OBERBEFEHLSHABERS DES HEERES Awarded on: August 7th, 1943         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Awarded on: August 7th, 1943         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef 1. / Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 66 Awarded on: October 29th, 1943         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef 1. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66 Awarded on: February 15th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Chef I. / Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 66 / 13.Panzer-Division Awarded on: February 23rd, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Berger F., Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, Wien, 2004 - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006. - 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