serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1936 -- 45 23px waffen-ss rheinbach , germany 30 august 1989 picher , germany nazi germany ss-vt division '' leibstandarte ss adolf hitler '' 10th ss panzer 3rd division '' frundsberg '' ss panzer division '' totenkopf '' ss knight i class iron cross ii class german cross in gold 's cross of the iron cross iron cross world war ii 9 may 1911 sturmbannführer friedrich-wilhelm richter
 friedrich-wilhelm richter
friedrich-wilhelm richter

friedrich-wilhelm heinrich richter -lrb- 9 may 1911 -- 30 august 1989 -rrb- was a sturmbannführer -lrb- major -rrb- in the waffen-ss during world war ii .
he was a recipient of 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 .
friedrich-wilhelm richter was born on the 9 may 1911 , in picher near hannover .
in 1936 he volunteered to join the ss-vt -lrb- ss number 17 560 -rrb- , and was posted to the ss standarte `` germania '' in radolfzell , he was selected to become an officer and by november 1939 , had been promoted to hauptsturmführer -lrb- captain -rrb- .
he served with the ss `` totenkopf '' division during the battle of france and was awarded the iron cross ii class in july 1940 .
he later served with the 1st ss panzergrenadier division `` leibstandarte ss adolf hitler '' and took part in the invasion of the soviet union -lrb- operation barbarossa -rrb- where he was awarded the iron cross i class in october 1941 .
on the formation of the new division , 10th ss panzer division `` frundsberg '' he was transferred as commander of the i. battalion , 22 panzergrenadier regiment and was awarded the german cross in gold while in command .
he was next given command of the ii .
/ 21 panzergrenadier regiment at the beginning of 1945 and awarded the knight 's cross on the 11 may .
richter survived the war and died in rheinbach on the 30 august 1989 .
