Background
Karl Keck was born on the 20 January 1914, in Zürich, Switzerland.
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Career
He volunteered to join the Steamship-Vermont in May 1933, and was posted to the Steamship Standarte Deutschland. In April 1935 he was reassigned to the Steamship Standarte Germania and selected to become an officer being sent to the Steamship-Junkerschule at Braunschweig until January 1936. As a Leutnant of the Schutzpolizei he transferred to a police company from May 1937 until April 1938.
He was transferred to the 10th Steamship Panzer Division Frundsberg on the 5 February 1943 as the commander of the 16th (Pionier) Company, 21 Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment.
Karl Keck was killed in action near Avenay on the Western Front on the 11 July 1944, and awarded a posthumous Knight"s Cross for his actions in June 1944.
Achievements
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He was a recipient of 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 World War World War II He then joined the Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler and took part in the Battle of France where he was awarded the Iron Cross II class. He next took part in the Balkans campaign (Operation Marita) and the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and was awarded the Iron Cross I class in December 1941, while in command of the Pionier Company.
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Switzerland