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词条 Wilhelm Meentzen
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  1. Awards and decorations

  2. References

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|death_date={{death date and age|2001|5|8|1915|3|19|df=y}}
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|branch=Kriegsmarine
German Navy
|serviceyears=1934–45
1956–74
|rank=Vizeadmiral
|commands=Zerstörer 3 (D172)
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Wilhelm Meentzen (19 March 1915 – 8 May 2001) was a German admiral in the Bundeswehr. He commanded the destroyer Zerstörer 3 (D172), formerly USS Wadsworth (DD-516), from October 1959 until January 1961. During World War II, Meentzen served as an officer in the navy and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Spanish Cross in Bronze with Swords (6 June 1939)[1]
  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 December 1939) & 1st Class (21 November 1940)[1]
  • German Cross in Gold on 5 May 1944 as Kapitänleutnant on Torpedoboot T-24/4. Torpedoboots-Flottille[2]
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 October 1944 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of Torpedoboot T-24[3]
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (25 May 1973)[1]

References

1. ^Dörr 1996, p. 49.
2. ^Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 300.
3. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 250.
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  • {{Cite book

|last=Dörr
|first=Manfred
|year=1996
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2497-6
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall
|first1=Klaus D.
|last2=Scherzer
|first2=Veit
|year=2001
|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
|language=German
|location=Norderstedt, Germany
|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall
|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
}}{{refend}}{{Subject bar
| portal1=Biography
| portal2=Military of Germany
| portal3=World War II
}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Meentzen, Wilhelm}}

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