Son of SS-Brigadeführer (DKiG) Willy Tensfeld (1893-1982)
00.00.1933-00.00.1938: Hitlerjugend
01.04.1939: joined the SS
00.04.1939: SS-Schütze, 3. Sturm, SS-Standarte 'Deutschland', SS-VT
00.00.1939: dismissed from the SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
00.09.1939: SS-Strm., 7. Sturm, SS-Standarte 'Deutschland', SS-VT
00.00.1940-00.04.1941: SS-Junker, 4. Kriegslehrgang, SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
20.04.1941: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
00.04.1941: SS-Ustuf., SS-Infanterie-Regiment 8, SS-Infanterie-Brigade 1
00.09.1941: demoted to SS-Oberscharführer
30.01.1942: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
00.04.1942: SS-Ustuf., SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 'Der Führer', 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
00.11.1942: SS-Ustuf., SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
20.04.1943: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
00.08.1943: SS-Ostuf, Zugführer, I. Zug, schwere Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, destroyed 10 T-34 in 30 minutes in the Mius region
16.11.1943: SS-Ostuf., Chef, 8. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich', KIA near Gralimki
17.11.1943: promoted to SS-Haupsturmführer - RDA 01.11.1943
Tank ace credited with more than 20 tank kills
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