Erich Rech

Erich Rech
Born	15 December 1921
Died	4 October 1944 killed in action
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1942–1944
Rank	Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant)
Unit	10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross I Class Iron Cross II Class

Erich Rech was a Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Erich Rech was awarded the Knight's Cross on the 23 August 1944, while an Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant) and a platoon commander in the 2nd Company, 10th SS Panzer Division, Reconnaissance Battalion.

Rech did not survive the war but was killed in action on 4 October 1944.

Further reading

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Mitcham, Jr.Samuel, Retreat to the Reich, Stackpole books 2007. ISBN 081173384X
• Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943-45 Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0811729052
• Mitcham Samuel, The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45,Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0811733718