Otto Lancelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Otto Lancelle
- Otto Lancelle (27 March 1885 – 3 July 1941) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of both the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, highest military awards of German Empire and Nazi Germany, respectively.
- Lancelle was killed by a sniper on 3 July 1941 at the Kraslava Bridgehead on the Dvina near Kraslava, Latvian SSR.
- He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight's Cross.
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