Josef-Hubert Adrian

Josef-Hubert Adrian
Born	25 September 1911 Herzogenrath, district of Eschweiler
Died	MIA March 1945 (1945-04) (aged 33)^{[Note 1]} near Heiligenbeil
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Oberfeldwebel
Unit	Grenadier-Regiment 24
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Josef-Hubert Adrian (25 September 1911 – Missing in action March 1945) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II.^{[Note 2]} 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 recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (18 September 1942)^[3]
- 1st Class (21 August 1943)^[3]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1945 as Oberfeldwebel and leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 24^[1]^[4]

Notes

↑ Officially declared dead on 18 June 1960 by the Amtsgericht Eschweiler.^[1]
↑ According to Thomas & Wegmann he held the rank of Oberfeldwebel of the Reserves.^[2]

References

Citations

1 2 Scherzer 2007, p. 188.
↑ Thomas and Wegmeann 1987, p. 20.
1 2 Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 21.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 114.

Bibliography

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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1987). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 21st Infantry Division

Stab	Hermann Foertsch Heinrich Götz¹ (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Matzky Otto Sponheimer

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 3	Anton Dicke Herbert Engbrecht Wilhelm Gaißer Alfred Hermann Kurt Hilgendorff David Kalkgruber Claus von Kursell Ernst Kutschkau (Oak Leaves) Waldemar Lehmann Fritz Lemke Wilhelm Morawietz Heinz Mothes Karl Sawatzki Siegfried Schaper Joachim Schwanitz Herbert Schwender² (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 24	Josef-Hubert Adrian Karl Arning August Dempke Wilhelm Fischer Conrad-Oskar Heinrichs Hennig-Tile von Kalm Wilhelm Moser Emil Schareina Josef Weiß

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 45	Wilhelm Beuttel Otto Iwannek Hans-Joachim Kappis (Oak Leaves) Karl-Heinz Knollmann Helmut Kroeg Gotthard Kummer Wolfgang von Malotki Oskar Marchel Werner Pauls Karl Radermacher Derfflinger von Reuter Franz Rogalski³ (Oak Leaves) Erich Rudnick Herbert Schwender² (Oak Leaves) Helmut Schwill

Artillerie-Regiment 21	Wolfgang Henger

Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 21	Otto Sawatzki

¹ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 466 ² Knight's Cross with Grenadier-Regiment 3, Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 45 ³ Knight's Cross with Sturm-Bataillon AOK 8

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