serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1935 -- 45 heer vienna 17 may 1978 oberführberg nazi germany 15 . panzer-grenadier-division knight 's cross of the iron cross world war ii 30 july 1917 leutnant leonhard bischoff
 leonhard bischoff
leonhard bischoff

leonhard bischoff -lrb- 30 july 1917 -- 17 may 1978 -rrb- was a highly decorated leutnant 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 .
