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Stienen, Peter

Date of birth:
February 21st, 1911 (Rheinhausen/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:
October 1st, 2001
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

SS No. 79 573.

October 1941: SS-Untersturmführer, Ordonnanz Offizier, III / TIR 1;
April 42: SS-Obersturmführer, 10 / TIR 1;
July 1943: SS-Obersturmführer, Chef, 7 / PzGrenRgt 5;
June 1944: SS-Hauptmsturmführer, Chef, 9 / PzGrenRgt 5;
July 1944: SS-Hauptmsturmführer, Kommandeur III / PzGrenRgt 5;
March 1945: SS-Hauptmsturmführer, Kommandant I / PzGrenRgt 5.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 29th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 23rd, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer
Unit:
Bataillonsführer I. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5
Awarded on:
November 19th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 1st, 1945
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Haupsturmführer
Unit:
I. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf"
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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