Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Meentzen joined the military service of the Bundesmarine and as Fregattenkapitän commanded the destroyer Zerstörer 3 (D172), formerly United States Ship Wadsworth (Doctor of Divinity-516), from October 1959 until January 1961. Wehrmachtbericht reference.