Date of birth:

May 17th, 1924 (Ennetach/Saulgau, Germany)

Date of death:

October 18th, 1986 (Stuttgart-Fellbach/Baden-Württemberg , Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 1945

For the destruction of a total of seven British tanks on 14th and 15th April 1945.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 1945

For the destruction of a total of seven British tanks on 14th and 15th April 1945.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 1945

For the destruction of a total of seven British tanks on 14th and 15th April 1945.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Obergefreiter (Corporal)

Unit:

Panzerjäger-Abteilung "Großdeutschland" / Panzergrenadier-Division "Großdeutschland"

Awarded on:

May 8th, 1945

Stützle’s Knight’s Cross recommendation reads as follows…

“Obergefreiter Stützle destroyed 6 enemy tanks with Panzerfausts during the battle near Nettelkamp and Stadensen on the 15.04.1945.”


Not substantiated in the German Federal Archives.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - TEGETHOFF, RALPH, Die Ritterkreuzträger des Panzerkorps Großdeutschland und seiner Schwesterverbände, DS- Vlg. o.J., Riesa, 1998.
  - Bender R.J., Breyette T., Tank Killers, RJ Bender Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-912138-83-1
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - das-Ritterkreuz.de
  - BArch RH 7/287.