serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1939 -- 44 23px waffen-ss 26 september 1944 narva , estonia würzburg , germany nazi germany 11th ss volunteer panzergrenadier division '' nordland '' knight i class iron cross ii class 's cross of the iron cross iron cross world war ii 15 january 1918 sturmbannführer gurz-martin . gif martin gürz
 martin gürz
martin gürz

martin gürz -lrb- 15 january 1918 -- 26 september 1944 -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 .
martin gürz was born on the 15 january 1918 , in würzburg .
during world war ii , he volunteered to join the waffen ss and by 1944 he was the commander of the 12th company , 23rd ss panzer grenadier regiment `` norge '' , 11th ss volunteer panzergrenadier division `` nordland '' , which was fighting on the northern part of the eastern front .
in february 1944 , he assumed command of the iii.battalion after its previous commander hanns-heinrich lohmann had been wounded .
it was when in command of the battalion during the fighting in the battle for narva bridgehead in september 1944 , that he was posthumously awarded the knight 's cross .
