Served aboard the cruiser KÖNIGSBERG
from 1 April 1938 to 31 October 1939 as Matrose (seaman);
Zentrallemaat (P. O., central control room) on U-6,
training boat in Pillau 18 Nov. 1940 to 19 Sept. 1941;
Zentrallemaat aboard U-597, two war
patrols in the North Atlantic;
Obermaschinist aboard U-718, sunk in the
Baltic during sea trials by collision with another U-Boat;
Obermaschinist aboard U-997 for seven war
patrols in the North Sea and Arctic Sea.
Walter Tegtmeier
Tegtmeier was decorated with the:
U-Bootskriegsabzeichen (U-Boat combat
badge);
Iron Cross - Second Class;
Iron Cross - First Class;
U-Boot Frontspange in Bronze;
U-Boot Frontspange in Silver.
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