Alfred Günther
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Alfred Günther was a Untersturmführer
(Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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Günther, SS service number 392 402, commanded the 3rd Company, 1st SS Sturmgeschütz
Battalion. and became the first member of the unit to be awarded the Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943.
He was later transferred to the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion and commanded a Tiger tank
in the 3rd Platoon, 3rd Company.
He was killed when his Tiger tank was hit by an aircraft bomb on 15 June 1944.
His grave is in War Graves cemetery at La Cambe
: Block 30 Row 8 grave 303.
Untersturmführer
Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of Sturmführer which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921...
(Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
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Günther, SS service number 392 402, commanded the 3rd Company, 1st SS Sturmgeschütz
Sturmgeschütz
Sturmgeschütz is a German word for "assault gun", usually abbreviated StuG. The vehicle was a leading weapon of the Sturmartillerie, a branch of the German artillery tasked with close fire support of infantry in infantry, panzer, and panzergrenadier units...
Battalion. and became the first member of the unit to be awarded the Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943.
He was later transferred to the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion and commanded a Tiger tank
Tiger I
Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly formidable Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of...
in the 3rd Platoon, 3rd Company.
He was killed when his Tiger tank was hit by an aircraft bomb on 15 June 1944.
His grave is in War Graves cemetery at La Cambe
La Cambe
La Cambe is a military war grave cemetery, located close to Bayeux, France. Presently containing in excess of 21,000 German military personnel of World War II, it is maintained and managed by the German War Graves Commission.-History:...
: Block 30 Row 8 grave 303.