Hans Reimling

Hans Reimling

Born	17 January 1918 Karlsruhe, Germany
Died	7 March 1943 (1943-03-08) (aged 25) Valki, Ukraine
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1937–43
Rank	Oberscharführer
Unit	SS Division Leibstandarte
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Reimling (17 January 1918 – 7 March 1943) was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen SS and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was born in Karlsruhe-Mühlburg and became a member of the Hitler Youth. He joined the SS in 1937 and a year later signed on for four years with the SS-Verfügungstruppe. He was then posted to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, as a tank commander in the 2nd Company, SS Panzer Regiment 1 LSSAH. In a short time he had 8 anti-tank guns killed. SS Oberscharführer Reimling was killed in action in March 1943 during fighting in the Third Battle of Kharkov.

Reimling is probably buried as an unknown soldier at the War Graves cemetery in Kharkov.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the SS Division Leibstandarte

Staff	Sepp Dietrich¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Theodor Wisch (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rudolf Lehmann² (Oak Leaves)

Units	Hans Becker Josef Diefenthal Albert Frey (Oak Leaves) Erich Göstl Erich Grätz Martin Groß Paul Guhl Alfred Günther Max Hansen (Oak Leaves) Frank Hasse Heinrich Heimann Fritz Henke Konrad Heubeck Georg Karck Hugo Kraas (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Kling Herbert Kuhlmann Gustav Knittel Hans Malkomes Kurt Meyer⁸ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Heinz Nowotnik Joachim Peiper(Oak Leaves & Swords) Gerhard Pleiß Werner Pötschke (Oak Leaves) Hans Reimling Karl Rettlinger Rudolf von Ribbentrop Georg Preuß Rudolf Sandig Kurt Sametreiter Alfred Schneidereit Bernhard Siebken Heinrich Springer Hermann Weiser] Fritz Witt⁶ (Oak Leaves) Michael Wittmann⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Werner Wolff Max Wünsche⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. ²Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. ⁴Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. ⁵Oak Leaves with the SS Division Hitlerjugend. ⁶Knight's with the SS Division Das Reich. ⁸Swords with the SS Division Hitlerjugend.

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