August Dieckmann Explained
| August Dieckmann |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Cuxhaven |
| Death Place: | at the Dnieper |
| Serviceyears: | 1934–43 |
| Branch: | Waffen SS |
| Rank: | SS-Standartenführer (posthumous) |
| Servicenumber: | NSDAP #4,455,713
SS #183,917 |
| Unit: | I./SS-Rgt "Germania"
SS-PzGrenRgt 10 "Westland" |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
August Hinrich Dieckmann (29 May 1912 – 10 October 1943) was a commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
Awards
- SS Degen (13 September 1936)
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (28 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 June 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer in the I./SS-Regiment "Germania"
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 23 April 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Regiment "Germania"
- 233rd Oak Leaves on 16 April 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania"
- 39th Swords on 10 October 1943 (posthumous) as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"
References
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