Ioan Pălăghiță, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ioan Pălăghiță

Romanian Land Forces officer

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1899

Date of Death: 09-May-1943

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

In total, 43 individuals in the military of allies of Nazi Germany were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), the highest award in the military of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Eight of these men were also honoured with the next higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross, and one senior naval officer, Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was additionally awarded the Swords to the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
Among the recipients were eighteen Romanians, nine Italians, eight Hungarians, two Slovaks, two Japanese, two Spaniards, two Finns, and one Belgian.Colonel General Dezso László of Hungary became the last foreign recipient of the award on 3 March 1945.
The last surviving foreign recipient of the award was Belgian politician Léon Degrelle, who died on 31 March 1994, fifty years after receiving the medal from Hitler's hands.