Franz-Xaver Attenberger

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Franz-Xaver Attenberger
Born	19 July 1915 Passau
Died	9 August 1991(1991-08-09) (aged 76) Falkenberg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1937–1945
Rank	Stabsgefreiter
Unit	3./Artillerie-Regiment 114
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Budapest Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Franz-Xaver Attenberger (19 July 1915 – 9 August 1991) was a highly decorated Stabsgefreiter in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Anschluss Medal
Sudetenland Medal
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- in Silver
Eastern Front Medal
Crimea Shield
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 January 1945 as Stabsgefreiter and driver in the 3./Artillerie-Regiment 114 ^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 101.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Huß, Jürgen (2009). Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941 - 1945. Zweibrücken: VDM Nickel. ISBN 978-3-86619-042-9.

External links

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 46th Infantry Division

Stab	Ernst Haccius Arthur Hauffe Erich Reuter¹ (Oak Leaves) Kurt Röpke² (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 42	Karl-Heinz Dierks Rudolf Fuchs Georg Heinzmann Karl Kraft Ernst Maisel Wolfgang Mathes Friedrich Richter³ (Oak Leaves) Konrad Schmidt Josef Stigler Korbinian Viechter

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 72	Konrad Hupfer (Oak Leaves) Ludwig Kirschner⁴ (Oak Leaves) Eduard Schäfer Peter Windschüttl

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 97	Karl Bock Karl Eiden Alfred Engler Carl Koppenwallner Helmuth Ott Rudolf Richter Wolfgang Stocker

Artillerie-Regiment 114 (with I./Artillerie-Regiment 115)	Franz-Xaver Attenberger Karl Beschle Gustav Huber Ludwig Streit Ernst Zeller

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 52	Gerhard Mantel

Pionier-Bataillon 88	Alois Rampf

¹ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 122 (50th Infantry Division) ² Oak Leaves with the XXIX. Armeekorps ³ Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 1222 (180th Infantry Division) ⁴ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 436 (132nd Infantry Division)

Persondata
Name	Attenberger, Franz-Xaver
Alternative names
Short description	German soldier and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	19 July 1915
Place of birth	Passau, Germany
Date of death	9 August 1991
Place of death	Falkenberg, Germany

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