Frank Hasse

Frank Hasse
Born	19 October 1917 Hohenwiese
Died	24 December 1944(1944-12-24) (aged 27) Petit Coo, Belgium
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–44
Rank	Obersturmführer
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Frank Hasse (19 October 1917 – 24 December 1944) was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, on 6 August 1944, when in command of the 11th Company, 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH.

Hasse was killed on 24 December 1944 at Petit Coo in Belgium during the Ardenness Offensive, by Guerrillas and is buried in the war graves cemetery Lommel.

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• 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)