Adolf Rüd

Adolf Rüd
Born	5 July 1916 Waldshut, Germany
Died	2 August 1944 (aged 28) Normandy, France
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Hauptscharführer
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das reich
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Wound Badge Infantry Assault Badge Close Combat Clasp in Bronze Tank Destruction Badge [1]

Adolf Rüd (5 July 1916 – 2 August 1944) was a Hauptscharführer, 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. Adolf Rüd was serving as a platoon commander in the Headquarters Company, 3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Deutschland, 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, when he was awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross, during the Battle of Normandy.^[2]

References

1. "frontkjemper".
2. "ritterkreuz".

General

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.