Walter Zeplien

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  17 Sep 1918 Greifswald


Ranks

9 Oct 1937Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-971 1 Apr 1943 24 Jun 1944   1 patrol (17 days) 

Patrol info for Walter Zeplien


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-971 21 May 1944  Kiel  23 May 1944  Marviken   3 days
2. U-971 8 Jun 1944  Marviken  24 Jun 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,17 days

Ships hit by Walter Zeplien

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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

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