Otto Chowanetz

Otto Chowanetz
Born	24 October 1919 Saitz, Sudetenland
Died	17 March 1943 (aged 23) near Orel, Russia
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1939–43
Rank	Feldwebel
Unit	Grenadier-Regiment 17
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Chowanetz (24 October 1919 – 17 March 1943) was a Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Chowanetz went missing in action, presumed killed in action, on 17 March 1943.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 September 1941)
  • 1st Class (30 August 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1943 as Feldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 17^[1][2]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 153.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 259.

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 (1998). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 4: C–Dow [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 4: C–Dow] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2534-8.

External links

• Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945