Adolf Reeb was a Obersturmführer

Obersturmführer

Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the SS and also as a rank of the SA. Translated as “Senior Assault Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the Sturmabteilung and the need for an additional rank in...

 (First Lieutenant), in the Waffen SS during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

; which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Adolf Reeb was born on the 22 August 1920 at Spirkelbach

Spirkelbach

Spirkelbach is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.-Politics:The council consists of twelve in Spirkelbach Council members who worked for the local elections on 7 June 2009 in a majority vote were chosen, and the honorary mayor as chairman....

. He volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the Das Reich Division, he became a platoon commander in the 7th Company, 2nd SS Panzer Regiment and was awarded the Knight's Cross during the Ardenness Offensive

Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...

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Reeb was killed in action on the 25 December 1944, at Manhay

Manhay

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, Eifel

Eifel

The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....

, Belgium.