Babel, Ottomar (15. Infanterie.Division)

Date of birth:: September 9th, 1898 (Rosenbach/Frankenstein-Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:: December 31st, 1945 (unknown, declared dead)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Jassy / Iasi
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberst Ottomar Babel was listed as MIA in September 1944 and was promoted pothumously to Generalmajor.

Promotions
01.03.1917: Fähnrich
20.05.1917: Leutnant
31.07.1925: Oberleutnant
01.06.1933: Hauptmann
01.10.1936: Major
01.06.1939: Oberstleutnant
01.02.1942: Oberst
20.04.1945: Generalmajor (posthumously)

Career:
01.03.1917-12.06.1917: Ersatz-Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment
12.06.1917-13.07.1917: Replacement Battalion 23rd Reserve Infantry Regiment
13.07.1917-09.04.1918: 22nd Infantry Regiment
09.04.1918-29.04.1918: WIA - Injured
29.04.1918-01.07.1918: Replacement Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment
01.07.1918-26.09.1918: 157th Infantry Regiment
26.09.1918-16.10.1918: WIA - Injured
16.10.1918-06.11.1918: Replacement Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment
06.11.1918-13.11.1918: 4th Infantry Infantry Regiment
13.11.1918-21.11.1918: Replacement Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment
21.11.1918-02.04.1919: Ordonance Officer 4. z.b.V.-Ersatz-Regiment
02.04.1919-26.11.1919: Regiment-Adjutant 4. z.b.V.-Infanterie-Ersatz-Regiment
26.11.1919-20.02.1920: 64th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment
20.02.1920-07.03.1920: MG-Company 16th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment
07.03.1920-12.07.1920: III. Battalion 16th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment
28.04.1920-12.07.1920: Ordonance Officer Staff of the 8th Reichswehr-Brigade
12.07.1920-13.12.1920: MG-Company 16th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment
13.12.1920-01.01.1921: 11th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment
01.01.1921-07.08.1922: 7th Infantry Regiment
01.08.1921-10.09.1921: 3. Pioneer Battalion
07.08.1922-19.08.1924: 3rd Company 7th Infantry Regiment
19.08.1924-01.10.1926: 1. Company 7th Infantry Regiment
19.08.1924-28.07.1926: Oppeln Headquarters
01.10.1926-01.07.1929: Adjutant Training Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment
01.07.1929-01.10.1930: 12. (MG) Company 7th Infantry Regiment
01.10.1930-01.10.1932: Staff 2nd Division and Staff 7th Division
01.10.1932-01.10.1933: 5th Artillery Regiment and Headquarters Berlin
01.10.1933-01.10.1934: Company Commander 11th Infantry Regiment
01.10.1934-01.07.1935: Company Commander Infanterie-Regiment Königsbrück
01.07.1935-15.10.1935: Staff Wehrkreis IV
05.08.1935-17.08.1935: 5th Department of the Ministry of War
15.10.1935-12.10.1937: Staff IV. Armee-Korps
12.10.1937-15.06.1939: Headquarters Berlin
21.04.1938-31.05.1938: 5th OKH Department
15.06.1939-17.06.1940: Chief Operations of the 46th Division
17.06.1940-03.09.1940: Führer-Reserve OKH Staff Headquarters Paris
03.09.1940-03.03.1942: Chief Operations of the 62nd Infantry Division
03.03.1942-15.05.1942: Führer-Reserve OKH
15.05.1942-10.07.1944: Commander of the 666th Infantry Regiment
10.07.1944: Führer-Reserve OKH
14.08.1944-05.09.1944: Armee-Gruppe Süd Ukraine, Commander of the 15th Infantry Division
05.09.1944: Missing in Action near Bucarest after the Soviet Jassy–Kishinev offensive in Romania
24.02.1945: presumed KIA (Karteiakte)
12.03.1945: reported KIA
31.12.1945: declared dead

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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: March 11th, 1918

Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: July 23rd, 1919

Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: July 15th, 1919

Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Awarded on:: January 15th, 1935

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

Magyar Érdemrend Tisztikeresztje Hadidiszitmennyel es Kardokkal

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Major
Awarded on:: October 19th, 1938

Order of St. Sava 3rd Class

Rank:: Major
Awarded on:: June 1st, 1939

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
Awarded on:: September 30th, 1939

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
Awarded on:: October 26th, 1939

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
Unit:: Ia, Stab, 62. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: January 29th, 1942

Karteikarte gives 31.01.1942

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Awarded on:: October 15th, 1942

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kdr, Grenadier-Regiment 24
Awarded on:: March 3rd, 1944

WIA 01.02.1944