Given the question: - battles is world war ii    - death date is 17 may 1998    - allegiance is nazi germany    - rank is leutnant      - awards is knight 's cross of the iron cross    - birth date is 2 may 1912    - serviceyears is 1934 -- 45      - branch is heer    - unit is feldersatz-abteilung 89    - death place is aurich    - birth place is kastaunen    Given the details above, guess who could this information be about.
The answer is:
paul böttcher