Allegiance Nazi Germany Rank Unteroffizier Service/branch German Army | Years of service 1939–45 Name Alfredo Carpaneto | |
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Battles/wars World War II
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Uman
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Rostov (1941)
Battle of the Caucasus
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Narva (1944)
East Prussian Offensive Died January 26, 1945, Guryevsk, Russia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Unit 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion Battles and wars Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa | ||
Alfredo Carpaneto
Alfredo Carpaneto (4 January 1915 – 26 January 1945) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Alfredo Carpaneto, an Italian volunteer, was killed in action on 26 January 1945 near Neuhausen, East Prussia. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1945.
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