Heinz-Otto Fabian

Heinz-Otto Fabian
Born	1 March 1918 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Died	16 September 1990 (1990-09-17) (aged 72) Vögelsen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1937–1945 1956–1974
Rank	Major Brigadegeneral
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Heinz-Otto Fabian (1 March 1918 – 16 September 1990) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and later a Brigadegeneral of the Bundeswehr. 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 Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 January 1941)
  • 1st Class (3 October 1941)
• German Cross in Gold (8 December 1942)
• Wound Badge (1939) in Silver
• Silver Medal of Military Valor (1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 534
  • 522nd Oak Leaves on 9 July 1944 as Hauptmann and II./Grenadier-Regiment 361 (motorisiert)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2299-6.

External links

• "Heinz-Otto Fabian". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2011. 
• "Eiserne Besen". Der Seigel 43/1968 (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2011.