serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1933 -- 45 nazi germany u-61 1939 2 u-106 1940 2 u-861 2 hamburg , germany 5 august 2010 grunewald , berlin , germany nazi germany sss admiral graf spee '' u-20 1936 2 '' gorch fock '' '' karlsruhe '' '' knight 's cross of the iron cross spanish civil war 24 october 1913 '' korvettenkapitän '' jürgen oesten
 jürgen oesten
jürgen oesten

jürgen oesten -lrb- 24 october 1913 -- 5 august 2010 -rrb- was a `` korvettenkapitän '' in the `` kriegsmarine '' during world war ii .
he commanded the u-boats and , and then served as a staff officer before returning to command .
he sank nineteen ships for a total of , and damaged four others for to become number 29 on the list of the highest scoring u-boat aces of world war ii .
