Rudolf Geisler
Military Person
1911 – 1944
Who was Rudolf Geisler?
Rudolf Geisler was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. 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 the Oak Leaves was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Rudolf Geisler was severely wounded in defense of Kovel on 11 April 1944 by an artillery round while detaching from the front. He succumbed to his injury, a splinter wound in the pelvis, at the field hospital at Kovel on 13 April 1944, the same day he was awarded the Oak Leaves.
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- Born
- Mar 29, 1911
Jędrzychowice, Strzelin County - Died
- Apr 13, 1944
Kovel
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on July 23, 2013
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