KRANZ, Bernhard
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kranz, Bernhard Date of birth:  December 26th, 1913 (Stift Quernheim/Westphalia, Germany) Date of death:  February 26th, 2005 Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: August 24th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: July 31st, 1941         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant) Unit: Zugführer III. / Jäger-Regiment 83 / 28. Leichte-Infanterie-Division / XXX. Armee-Korps / AOK 11 Awarded on: June 24th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Chef 15. / Jäger-Regiment 83 Awarded on: November 5th, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kompaniechef III. / Jäger-Regiment 83 Awarded on: November 26th, 1944 Action: Received for 40 close combat days, after he became badly wounded.         INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN         KRIMSCHILD         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht. - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.