WEITZEL, Adalbert
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Weitzel, Adalbert Date of birth:  February 19th, 1911 Date of death:  August 23rd, 1944 (south-west of Šiauliai/Šiauliai District, Lithuania) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Oberstleutnant Weitzel was killed in action and burried together with some members of his staff southwest Šiauliai, Lithuania. He was posthumously promoted to Oberst (colonel).       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: I. / Schützen-Regiment 7 / 7.Panzer-Division Awarded on: October 18th, 1941         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Rank: Major Unit: II. / Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6 Awarded on: October 15th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel) Unit: Kommandeur Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6 / 7. Panzer-Division Awarded on: August 23rd, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003 - Manteuffel, von H., Die 7. Panzer-Division – Bewaffnung, Einsätze, Männer, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2001 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001 - Axis History