Tetzel, Helmut (U-562)
- Date of birth:
- August 3rd, 1920 (Reinsdorf, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Bootsmannsmaat
- Unit:
- seemännischer Unteroffizier, "U 562", 3. Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- May 17th, 1944
U-562 sunk on 19th February 1943 with all 49 hands lost.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 27th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 5th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1941
Croce al Merito di Guerra
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 29th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Verdienstmedaille des Verdienstordens der BRD
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptbootsmann a.D.
- Awarded on:
- February 26th, 1973
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
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