Frank Hasse | |
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Born | 19 October 1917 Hohenwiese |
Died | 24 December 1944 Petit Coo, Belgium |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/branch | Waffen SS |
Years of service | 1939–1944 |
Rank | Obersturmführer |
Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class |
Frank Hasse was a Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, on the 6th August 1944, when in command of the 11th Company, 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH.
Hasse was killed on the 24 December 1944 at Petit Coo in Belgium during the Ardenness Offensive, by Guerrillas and is buried in the war graves cemetery Lommel.[1]
Paul L. Bolden was awarded the Medal of Honor for killing 35 SS men at the same location as Hasse was reported killed.