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German naval officer and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of birth
Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany
Place of death
Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany
Age
86 years
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Biography
Geerd Anton Wilhelm Meentzen (19 March 1915 – 8 May 2001) was a captain with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later a Vizeadmiral with the Federal German Navy. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Post-war, Meentzen commanded the destroyer Zerstörer 3 (D172), formerly USS Wadsworth (DD-516), from October 1959 until January 1961.
Awards and decorations
- Spanish Cross in Bronze with Swords (6 June 1939)
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 December 1939) & 1st Class (21 November 1940)
- Destroyer War Badge (14 December 1940)
- Fast Attack Craft War Badge (25 February 1942)
- War Merit Cross with Swords 2nd Class (20 April 1943)
- Finish Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th Class (10 July 1941)
- Wound Badge (1939) in Black (15 November 1944)
- German Cross in Gold on 5 May 1944 as Kapitänleutnant on Torpedoboot T-24/4. Torpedoboots-Flottille
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 October 1944 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of Torpedoboot T-24
- Ärmelband Afrika (20 April 1943)
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (25 May 1973)
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