Hans Becker
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Hans Becker
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Hans Becker (left) and Karl Rettlinger at Kursk summer 1943
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| Born | 15 November 1911 Peenemünde, Germany |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. near Saint-Lambert, France |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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 Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1939–44 |
| Rank | Sturmbannführer |
| Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Tank Destruction Badge |
Hans Becker (15 November 1911 — 20 August 1944) was a Sturmbannführer (Storm Unit Leader/Major) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, on 23 March 1943 while commanding the 2nd Company, of the 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, LSSAH.
Becker while in command of the 1st Battalion, 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, was killed in action 20 August 1944, in France.[1]
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer and chief of the 2./SS-Panzerzgrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[2][3]
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| SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "LSSAH" |
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| SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "LSSAH" |
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| SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "LSSAH" |
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| SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" | ||
| SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" | ||
| SS-(Panzer-)Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" |
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| SS-Flakartillerie-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" | ||
| SS-Panzergrenadier Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Bataillon 1 "LSSAH" |
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1Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. 2Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. 3Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. 4Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. 5Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 6Knight's with SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland" (2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich). 7Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 8Swords with the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
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