Wilhelm Lehner

Wilhelm Lehner
Born	(1914-11-07)7 November 1914 Fischach
Died	19 July 2012(2012-07-19) (aged 97) Fischach
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Feldwebel
Unit	Zugführer 5./Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 40 Operation Barbarossa
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Wilhelm Lehner (7 November 1914 – 19 July 2012) was a Feldwebel in the Zugführer 5./Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 40 during World War II and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany. He received his Knight's Cross on June 15, 1943.

Post war

Lehner survived the war and died in Fischach on 19 July 2012.

Awards and achievements

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

References

• WW2 Awards - http://www.ww2awards.com/person/35552
• Wilhelm Lehner's obituary (Portuguese)

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 17th Panzer Division Stab Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Theodor Kretschmer Walter Schilling Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin1 (Oak Leaves) Hans Tröger Panzer-Regiment 39 Otto Büsing Günter Corßen Kurt Cuno Hans Gradl Erich Kaiser Werner Pietsch Panzergrenadier-/Schützen- Regiment 40 Albert Brux2 (Oak Leaves) Josef Gretschmann Walter Henrich Max Klüver Wilhelm Lehner Franz von Mentz Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Helmut Vocke Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 63 Johann Göttler Friedrich Lindenberg Karl Pröll Josef Rüger Hermann Seitz3 (Oak Leaves) (Panzer-) Artillerie-Regiment 27 (motorized) Ludwig Beckmann Kurt Boettcher Panzerjäger-Abteilung 27 Konrad Rehnitz 1 Oak Leaves with the XIV. Panzerkorps. 2 Knight's Cross with Schützen-Regiment 66 (13th Panzer Division). 3 Knight's Cross with Aufklärungs-Abteilung 20 (20th Infantry Division)