Grigore Bălan
After King Michael's Coup of August 23 , 1944 , Romania switched sides and declared war on Nazi Germany . On September 9 , 1944 , while fighting at the siege of Sfântu Gheorghe , Bălan was mortally wounded by a German shell at Arcuș , and succumbed from his wounds four days later , at a military hospital in Sinaia . He was buried with military honors at the Ghencea Military Cemetery in Bucharest . 
<triplet> King Michael's Coup <subj> August 23, 1944 <obj> point in time