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Riebel, Gustav-Adolf (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:
March 13th, 1896 (Burglehn, Bad Muskau/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
August 23rd, 1942 (Hill 118, North of Morosov, Krasnoarmeisk, Russian SFSR, USSR)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Plot: 37. Row: 12. Grave: 461.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
00.08.1914: Fahnenjunker
21.06.1916: Leutnant
00.00.1928: Oberleutnant
01.02.1932: Hauptmann (22)
01.03.1936: Major (91)
01.06.1939: Oberstleutnant
01.10.1941: Oberst
01.08.1942: Generalmajor

Career:
15.10.1935-31.03.1938: Hptm., Adjutant, IIa, Stab, 3. Division
01.04.1938-23.11.1938: Maj., Adjutant, IIa, Stab, XVI. (mot.) Armee-Korps
24.11.1938-26.08.1939: Maj., Adjutant, IIa, Stab, Chef der Schnellen Truppen
26.08.1939-14.10.1939: Oberstleutnant, Adjutant, IIa, Stab, XXII. Armee-Korps
15.10.1939-00.11.1940: Oberstleutnant, Adjutant, IIa, Stab, XIX. (mot.) Armee-Korps
00.02.1941-00.12.1941: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 15
03.01.1942-23.08.1942: Oberst, Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division
23.08.1942: KIA by artillery shell near Krasnoarmeyskiy, South of Stalingrad on the Volga bend

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  1.Klasse, 25 Jahre
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Silver version.
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 15, 11. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1941

15th Award.
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 15, 11. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
December 28th, 1941

According to Patzwall / Scherzer the awarding date is 24-12-1941.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1942
posthumously awarded

1266th Award.
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres

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