Drabich-Waechter, von, Viktor (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- August 18th, 1889 (Straßburg, Elsass;)
- Date of death:
- August 2nd, 1944 (Le Mesnil-Robert)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery La Cambe
Plot: 30. Row: 4. Grave: 156. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Generalleutnant Viktor Paul Konrad Gustav Louis von Drabich-Waechter was the brother of Oberst Günther von Drabich-Waechter (1892-1966) and the father of Oberstleutnant Wolf-Dietrich von Drabich-Waechter (1923)
Promotions:
18.08.1911: Leutnant - Patent 20.08.1909 (U8u)
18.08.1915: Oberleutnant (H9h)
20.09.1918: Hauptmann (Q2q)
01.02.1922: new RDA 20.09.1918 (18)
01.02.1932: Major (11)
01.10.1934: Oberstleutnant (36)
01.04.1937: Oberst (30)
01.08.1942: Generalmajor (6)
01.08.1942: Generalleutnant (5)
Career:
12.03.1910: 4. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 7, Liegnitz
08.10.1910-01.07.1911: Kriegsschule Engers
06.05.1912: 12. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 7, Liegnitz
22.08.1914: Führer, 12. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 7
08.10.1914: WIA and evacuated to a Lazarett
19.11.1914: Ersatzbataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 7
22.12.1914: Grenadier-Regiment 7
30.12.1914: Adjutant, Grenadier-Regiment 7
19.12.1916: Adjutant, 18. Infanterie-Brigade
31.08.1918: Führer, 1. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 7
15.06.1919: Armeeabteilung des Preußischen Kriegsministeriums
20.09.1919: Chef, 1. Kompanie, Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 57
20.02.1920: Chef, 1. Kompanie, Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 12
01.06.1920: Adjutant, Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 12
01.01.1921: Stab, Ausbildungsbataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 7, Schweidnitz
01.10.1921: Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 7, Schweidnitz
13.01.1922: Adjutant, Infanterie-Regiment 7, Schweidnitz
01.02.1925: Chef, 7. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 8, Liegnitz
01.02.1930: Adjutant, Infanterieführer II, Schwerin
01.02.1933: Chef, 1. Schwadron, Reiter-Regiment 12, Grimma
01.04.1933: Referent, Heerespersonalabteilung 1, Heerespersonalamt Berlin
01.04.1939: Chef, Heerespersonalabteilung 1, Heerespersonalamt Berlin
01.10.1940: Chef, Amtsgruppe P1, Heerespersonalamt
01.10.1942: Führerreserve OKH (HPA)
18.01.1943-12.02.1943: 1. Divisionsführerlehrgang
00.00.1943: stellvertretende Führer, 17. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division
01.06.1943: Kommandeur, 326. Infanterie-Division
02.08.1944: Generalleutnant, KIA at Le Mesnil-Robert, Normandy, France
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1915
Kreuz für Auszeichnung im Kriege 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 2nd, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 2. Stufe
- Period:
- Silesian Uprisings (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1919
- Period:
- Silesian Uprisings (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1919
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 24th, 1940
Orden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechas Encomienda sencilla
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Heerespersonalamt
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1941
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Mare Ofiter
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 16th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kdr, 326. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 4th, 1944
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