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
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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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 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)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- 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.
- 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.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1942
1266th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- Photo 2:
- Photo 3:
- - DöRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band I, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2007.
- axishistory.com
- feldgrau.com
- Verleihungsurkunde DKiG
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