serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1938 -- 45 23px waffen ss hartberg , austria 9 april 1945 emmersweiler , saarland nazi germany 5th panzergrenadier division '' nordland '' ss division '' wiking '' 11th ss volunteer knight i class iron cross ii class eastern front medal anschluss 's medal cross of the iron cross iron cross world war ii 23 october 1919 oberscharführer albert hektor
 albert hektor
albert hektor

albert hektor -lrb- 23 october 1919 -- 9 april 1945 -rrb- was an oberscharführer in the waffen ss during world war ii .
he 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 during world war ii .
albert hektor was born on the 23 october 1919 , in emmersweiler in the saarland .
he volunteered to join the ss-vt and took part in the anschluss of austria .
during world war ii he took part in the invasion of the soviet union and was awarded the eastern front medal which was awarded to all who suffered through the first russian winter of the war .
by 194 he had been promoted to oberscharführer and was a platoon commander in the 7th company , 24th ss panzergrenadier regiment `` danemark '' , 11th ss volunteer panzergrenadier division `` nordland '' and was awarded the knight 's cross in august 1944 , for his bravery during the battle for narva bridgehead together with hauptsturmführer martin gürz .
hektor did not survive the war but was killed in action near hartberg in austria on the 9 april 1945 .
