Date of birth:

May 24th, 1912 (Pogutken/Berent (West Prussia), Germany)

Date of death:

January 26th, 1943 (Manutschkaja, Rostov, USSR)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

00.00.1941: Ofw, Zugführer, 2. Kompanie, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 15, 11. Panzer-Division
26.01.1943: DOW at the Sanko. 2/66 m. near Manutschkaja (VDK gives 25.01.1943)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer, 2. Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 15, 11. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

December 26th, 1941

On the 29.07.1941 Oberfeldwebel Hensel and his Zug clashed with double the number of enemy tanks near Manjokowka, with Hensel at the spearhead of his unit. Despite the loss of two of his own Panzers Hensel resolved to carry on the battle, and succeeded in eliminating 6 enemy medium tanks with his Panzer. As a result of this deed the march route for the continued advance of the Division was cleared and it could continue its movement without interruption. Hensel would be awarded the Knight’s Cross for this action.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1:
• - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2009.
  

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