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Ludwig Kochle

Rank: SS-Oberscharfuhrer

Unit: Stoßtruppführer und Zugführer - 5./SS-TK-Inf-Rgt 1.

D.O.B.: 28. Feb. 1921

D.O.D.: 9. Jun. 1942

"Totenkopf" Knight's Cross Winners

awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Iron Cross 1st Class
  • Iron Cross 2nd Class
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
  • Wound Badge in Black
  • Sudetenland Medal

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  • SS-Oberscharfuhrer

Ludwig Köchle was born on the 28 February 1921 in Nofels, Austria. He volunteered to join the SS in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the Sudetenland. 

During 1941 he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class in July and the 1st Class award in November for his actions in the area around Lushno.

His award of the Knight's Cross was on the 28 February 1942, when an SS-Oberscharführer, in the 1. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Infantry-Regiment 1, SS-Totenkopf. Which was part of Army Group North on the Eastern Front.

Köchle was killed in action on the 9 June 1942 near Polizo southwest of Lake Ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell.


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DISCLAIMER: 2. Kompanie is a non-political organization. We do not support naziism, or fascism. We are not associated with nor do we condone the actions of the Third Reich or the actual 3.SS Division.

Anything posted is for educational purposes only; So that the devastating catastrophe that was the Second World War, and the atrocities committed therein never happen again. 
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