Albert Müller

For the Waffen SS Hauptscharführer, see Albert Müller (Waffen SS).

Albert Müller
Born	(1913-04-03)3 April 1913 Beesenstedt
Died	3 April 2005(2005-04-03) (aged 92) Dahn
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service	1937–1945, 1960–1971
Rank	Kapitänleutnant (Wehrmacht) Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr)
Commands	Schnellboot "S-59"
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Albert Müller (3 April 1913 – 3 April 2005) was a German Schnellboot commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Template:Lang-de). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 April 1940)
  • 2nd Class (8 March 1941)
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
• Bronze Medal of Military Valor (4 November 1942)
• German Cross in Gold on 21 November 1942 as Oberleutnant zur See on Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 December 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 30 June 1941
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (27 August 1971)

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

• World War II Awards.com