Tanneberger, Wilhelm "Willi" (Gren.Reg. 156)

Date of birth:: December 30th, 1914 (Teutschenthal/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: May 22nd, 2000 (Rahden/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:: Kompanie Truppführer III. / Grenadier-Regiment 156 (motorisiert) / 16.Pz.Gren.Div.
Awarded on:: February 10th, 1944

Oberfeldwebel Tanneberger and his handful of Grenadiers thrust into a gap in the frontline that had formed between themselves and the neighbouring Bataillon, assaulting a Soviet column containing about 400 men. They were able to successfully destroy/disperse this hostile group, and for this action Tanneberger received the Knight's Cross.