serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1912 -- 45 heer 79 . infanterie-division festung st. malo wiesbaden 23 june 1968 kochelsdorf district of kreuzburg , upper silesia german to 1920 -rrb- nazi germany empire -lrb- to 1918 -rrb- weimar republic -lrb- knight leaves 's cross of the iron cross with oak world war i 23 march 1893 oberst andreas von aulock
 andreas von aulock
andreas von aulock

andreas maria karl von aulock -lrb- 23 march 1893 -- 23 june 1968 -rrb- was a highly decorated oberst in the wehrmacht during world war ii who commanded the 79th infantry division .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross and its higher grade oak leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
von aulock was promoted to `` oberst '' -lrb- colonel -rrb- and received the knight 's cross of the iron cross for operations in the kuban bridgehead as commander of a combat group of the 79th infantry division in november 1943 .
he was captured on 17 august 1944 by forces of the american 83rd division after the surrender of saint-malo .
