Manfred Büttner
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| Born | 15 February 1921 Spittelndorf |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Plön |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
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RAD (1939–40) Luftwaffe (1940–45) Heer (1956–73) |
| Years of service | 1939–45 1956–73 |
| Rank | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel (Wehrmacht) Hauptmann (Bundeswehr) |
| Unit | Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Manfred Büttner (15 February 1921 – 29 May 1992) was a highly decorated Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II and a Hauptmann in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
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Awards and Decorations
- German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship, 1st Grade (24 February 1940)[1]
- Parachutist Badge (14 July 1942)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class (1 January 1942)[1]
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black (6 November 1943)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 April 1945 as Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel and leader of the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26 [2][Note 1]
- German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency (10 November 1972)[1]
Notes
- ↑ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Gerhard von Seemen in his second edition of the Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945 from 1976 quotes that Manfred Büttner is listed by Böhmler Fallschirmjäger, 1. Auflage.[3] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel states about Büttner in his book: "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients exist, who do not have official evidence in the National Archives, but are members of the Bundeswehr and claimed to be Knight's Cross recipients. This claim in some cases was investigated by the Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD—Military Counterintelligence Service ) and accepted." Büttner was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[4][5]
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