Josef Styr
| Josef Styr | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
3 March 1920 Bischofshofen, Austria |
| Died |
30 June 1984 (aged 64) Bischofshofen, Austria |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1939–45 |
| Rank | Hauptscharführer |
| Unit |
SS-VT 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Close Combat Clasp in Silver Eastern Front Medal 1941/42 |
Josef Styr (3 March 1920 – 30 June 1984) was a Hauptscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Hauptscharführer Josef Styr was awarded the Knight's Cross on the 5 April 1945, when a platoon commander in the 10th Company, 9th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Germania, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.
References
Further reading
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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.
- Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
- Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7.
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