August Dieckmann

Infobox Military Person
name=August Dieckmann
lived=birth date|1912|5|29|df=y — death date and age|1943|10|10|1912|5|29|df=y


caption=August Dieckmann
placeofbirth=Cadenberge near Hannover
placeofdeath=at the Dnjepr
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1934-1943
branch=Waffen-SS
rank=SS-Standartenführer
commands=
unit=I./SS-Rgt "Germania"
SS-PzGrenRgt 10 "Westland"
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

August Dieckmann (born 29 May, 1912 in Cadenberge near Hannover; killed in action 10 October, 1943 at the Dnjepr) was a highly decorated Standartenführer in the Waffen-SS.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
* Close Combat Clasp in Bronze
* Wound Badge in Black
* German Cross in Gold (28 February 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (24 Arpril 1942)
** 233. Oak Leaves (16 April 1943)
** 39. Swords (10 October 1943) (posthumous)

References

* Florian Berger: "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges." 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Florian Berger, Wien 1999, ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* E.G. Krätschmer: "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS." 3. erweiterte und vollständige Auflage. K.W.Schütz-Verlag, Preußisch Oldendorf 1982, ISBN 3-87725-077-7.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/DieckmannA-R.htm August Dieckmann @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]