Date of birth:

December 6th, 1915 (Remscheid/Rhine Province, Germany)

Date of death:

August 12th, 1996 (Remscheid/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

From 1956 to 1968 served in the Bundeswehr and retired as Hauptfeldwebel.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer, 14. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7, 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

September 13th, 1944

Awarded for his actions during the battle of Normandy. During a three day battle he served as the acting commander of the 14./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7, and in this time the Kompanie (under Reininghaus’s leadership) was able to destroy 32 American tanks and simultaneously prevent Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 from being annihilated.

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
  - das-ritterkreuz.de