Hans Dorr

Infobox Military Person
name=Hans Dorr
lived=birth date|1912|4|7|df=y — death date and age|1945|4|17|1912|4|7|df=y


caption=Hans Dorr
placeofbirth=Sontheim, Allgäu
placeofdeath=near Judenburg
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1934-1945
branch=
rank=SS-Obersturmbannführer
commands= I./SS-PzGrenRgt "Germania"
unit=SS-Rgt "Germania"
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

Hans Dorr (April 7, 1912 - April 17, 1945) was a German Waffen-SS "Obersturmbannführer" who served with the "5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking" and was a commander of the "SS-Regiment Germania". He was wounded 16 times during WWII and died at a Field hospital near Judenburg only a month before the war's end. He was also awarded the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern.

ummary of SS career

Dates of rank

* SS-Anwärter: May 01, 1933
* SS-Mann: October 01, 1934
* SS-Rottenführer: June 01, 1935
* SS-Unterscharführer: November 15, 1935
* SS-Scharführer: April 20, 1937
* SS-Oberscharführer: December 23, 1934
* SS-Oberjunker: April 01, 1938
* SS-Untersturmführer: November 09, 1938
* SS-Obersturmführer: March 11, 1940
* SS-Hauptsturmführer: November 09, 1941
* SS-Sturmbannführer: November 09, 1943
* SS-Obersturmbannführer: August 18, 1944

Notable Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (14 November 1939)
** 1st Class (20 August 1940)
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (20 April 1942)
* Wound Badge (1939)
** Black (20 October 1940)
** Silver (29 August 1941)
** Gold (20 April 1942)
* Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)
* 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
* German Cross in Gold (27 December 1941)
* Close Combat Clasp
** Bronze (15 September 1943)
** Silver (3 May 1944)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (27 November 1942)
** 327. Oak Leaves (13 November 1943)
** 77. Swords (9 July 1944)

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.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/D/DorrH.htm Hans Dorr @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]