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Arent, Peter Nikolaus

    Date of birth:
    June 26th, 1917 (Püttlingen/Saarland, Germany)
    Date of death:
    December 3rd, 1942 (El Bathan, Tunesia)
    Buried on:
    German War Cemetery Bordj-Cedria
    Plot: 4A. Grave: 5.
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Peter Arent took as Oberjäger part in the attack on Eben-Emael with Trupp 3, Sturmgruppe Granit.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
    Unit:
    Zugführer, Stabskompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5, Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    December 4th, 1942

    Awarded posthumously
    Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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