Arno Thiele
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| Birth date | 8 December 1912 |
| Place of birth | Seerhausen near Riesa,[1] Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Death date | ⚔ 3 August 1942 (aged 29) |
| Place of death | Urizk, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  National Socialist Germany
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| Service/branch |  Heer
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| Rank | 1st Lieutenant |
| Unit | Panzer-Regiment 29 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Arno Thiele (8 December 1912 – 3 August 1942) was a German officer of the Wehrmacht and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during WWII.
Life
Arno was born the only son of horse-drawn carriage supervisor (Gespannaufseher) of the estate (Rittergut) Seerhausen Hermann Thiele. Arno Thiele joined the Wehrmacht in the 1930s, was trained a a Panzer commandant and commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant (Leutnant). He took part in the liberation of the Sudetenland, the Polish campaign and the Western campaign. At the Eastern Front (Operation Barbarossa) he served as a platoon leader and, according to at least one source, finally as a company leader.
Knight's Cross
Thiele was credited with the personal destruction of 89 soviet tanks, 22 anti-tank guns and 16 artillery guns.
Death
Thiele was seriously wounded on the Leningrad Front and was taken to the military hospital in Urizk, 5 km southwest of Leningrad, where he died shortly afterwards. He was posthumously promoted to 1st Lieutenant (Oberleutnant) and awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He rests in the German war cemetery in Sologubowka; final burial location: Block 6, Row 13, Grave 1252.[2]
Awards and decorations
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th Class
- Sudetenland Medal
- Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class in 1939
- 1st Class on 15 August 1940
- Panzer Badge (Panzerkampfabzeichen), I. Grade in Silver
- Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal
- German Cross in Gold on 29 November 1941 as 2nd Lieutenant and Platoon Leader in the I. Abteilung (battalion)/Panzer-Regiment 29/12. Panzer-Division
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 September 1942 (posthumously) as 1st Lieutenant and Platoon Leader in the 4th Company/I. Abteilung/Panzer-Regiment 29/12. Panzer-Division[3]
Gallery
References
- ↑ Seerhausen belonged to the district or Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz.
- ↑ Arno Thiele
- ↑ Thiele, Arno (Panzer-Regiment 29)
