KROEG, Helmut
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kroeg, Helmut Date of birth:  January 28th, 1914 (Gumbinnen/East Prussia, Germany) Date of death:  April 22nd, 1990 Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: January 26th, 1942         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: September 3rd, 1943         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Awarded on: February 5th, 1945         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Führer II. / Grenadier-Regiment 45 Awarded on: March 1st, 1945         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: Führer II. / Grenadier-Regiment 45 Awarded on: March 28th, 1945         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef 6. / Grenadier-Regiment 45 / 21. Infanterie-Division / XXXXI. Panzer-Korps / AOK 4 Awarded on: April 15th, 1945         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht. - www.das-ritterkreuz.de - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.