was attached to XIII SS Corps, defending southeast of Saarbrücken against the XV Corps of the Seventh United States Army. On 23 March 1945, Klingenberg was killed by a tank shell during a firefight on the western edge of Herxheim and is buried at the German War Cemetery in Andilly, France. Decorations Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 May 1941 as SS-Hauptsturmführer and chief of the 2./SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon of the SS-Division "Reich". German Cross in Gold on 28 April 1944 as SS-Obersturmbannführer in the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" References Citations Bibliography 1912 births 1945 deaths People from Rostock (district) SS-Standartenführer Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Waffen-SS personnel killed in action Deaths by explosive device Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania