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| rdfs:comment | - Traugott Kempas (27 August 1919 – 13 March 1945) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was also awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold one of only 631 awards. He was killed in action on 13 March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket near Rosenwalde.
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| Commands | - I. / Grenadier-Regiment 176
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| death place | - near Rosenwalde, East Prussia
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| Birth Place | - Trappönen , district of Tilsit-Ragnit, East Prussia
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| Battles | - World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
*Operation Barbarossa
*Siege of Leningrad
*Battle of Narva (1944)
*East Prussian Offensive
*Heiligenbeil Pocket
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| abstract | - Traugott Kempas (27 August 1919 – 13 March 1945) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was also awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold one of only 631 awards. He was killed in action on 13 March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket near Rosenwalde.
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