Kurt Knispel

Kurt Knispel was a German tank commander credited with the destruction of 168 enemy tanks – a feat which cemented his status in history as the highest scoring tank ace of World War II.
Judging from photos and personal accounts of veterans, they knew Knispel as one who was not obsessed with the pursuit of glory and was always willing to take a step back to credit success to someone else whenever conflicting claims over destroyed enemy tanks arose.
Death
Sadly, Kurt Knispel did not manage to live to see peaceful times. He was mortally wounded in a military conflict near Strondorf in northern Austria and succumbed to his injuries. Ten days before the war ended in Europe, he died in a field hospital in Vrbovec, Czechoslovakia on April 28th 1945. He was only 23 years, 7 months and 8 days old at the time of his death.  Story here.