Hauptmann Raimund Eckel. He joined the Fallschirmtruppe in 1940, aged 19, and first saw service in Sanitäts-Kompanie.7. In the spring of 1942 he joined Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 and at the end of 1943 took command of the regiments Panzerjäger Kompanie in the area of Tollo-Ortona in Italy, where the Kompanie took part in heavy defensive fighting where he personally destroyed 6 enemy tanks in close combat! In March 1944 he took part in the second battle of Cassino and at the end of August 1944 took part in heavy fighting within the Grün-Linie against Canadian armour. Eckel died in September 1957.
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