Stauffenberg, Schenk Graf von, Claus Philipp Maria
- Date of birth:
- November 15th, 1907 (Castle Jettingen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 20th, 1944 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, was born on November 15th, 1907 as the son to Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1860 - 1936) and Caroline Gräfin von Üxküll-Gyllebrand (1875 - 1957).
He married Nina Freijn von Lerchenfeld on September 26th, 1933.
Promotions:
August 18th, 1927: Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter;
October 15th, 1927: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier;
August 1st, 1928: Fähnrich;
August 1st, 1929: Oberfähnrich;
January 1st, 1930: Leutnant;
May 1st, 1933: Oberleutnant;
January 1st, 1937: Rittmeister;
November 1st, 1939: Hauptmann im Generalstab;
January 1st, 1941: Major im Generalstab;
January 1st, 1943: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab;
April 1st, 1944: Oberst im Generalstab.
Career:
?: Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium, Stuttgart;
January 1st, 1926: Reiterregiment 17, Bamberg;
October 17th, 1927: Infanterieschule, Dresden-Albertstadt;
October 1st, 1928: Kavallerieschule, Hannover;
?: Reiterregiment 17, Bamberg;
October 1st, 1934: Bereiter-Offizier, Kavallerieschule, Hannover;
October 6th, 1936: Generalstabsausbildung, Kriegsakademie, Berlin-Moabit;
August 1st, 1938: Ib, 1. leichten Division, Wuppertal;
October 18th, 1939: Ib, 6. Panzer-Division;
May 31st, 1940: Gruppenleiter Gruppe II, Organisationsabteilung, Oberkommando des Heeres;
February 15th, 1943: Ia, 10. Panzer-Division;
April 7th, 1943: Heavy wounded in an aircraft attack in Tunesia;
April 1943: Führerreserve;
?: Feldlazerett 200, Sfax;
?: Kriegslazerett 950, Carthago;
?: Reservelazerett München 1;
November 1st, 1943: Chef des Stabes, Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm;
June 20th, 1944: Stabchef, Allgemeinem Heeresamtes, Berlin-Bendlerblock;
July 1st, 1944: Chef des Stabes, Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres (BdE);
July 20th, 1944: Operation Walküre;
July 21st, 1944: Executed for his part in the asassination attempt on Hitler, July 20th, 1944;
August 4th, 1944: Posthumously expelled from the Wehrmacht with removal of all his rights and decorations.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Bereiter-Offizier, Kavallerieschule Hannover, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Rank:
- Rittmeister
- Awarded on:
- April 1st, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann im Generalstab (Captain to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Chef, Gruppe II, Organisationsabteilung, Oberkommando des Heeres (Chief, Group II, Organisational Department, Oberkommando des Heeres)
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1940
Awarded for his service as Ib, 6. Panzer-Division.
Voenen Orden "Za Hrabrost" IV stepen, 1 klas
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major im Generalstab (Major to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Chef, Gruppe II, Organisationsabteilung, Oberkommando des Heeres (Chief, Group II, Organisational Department, Oberkommando des Heeres)
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1941
Vapaudenristin 3.luokka (VR 3)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major im Generalstab (Major to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Chef, Gruppe II, Organisationsabteilung, Oberkommando des Heeres
Awarded with swords.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Ia, 10. Panzer-Division, Heer (Chief of Staff, 10th Armored Division, Heer)
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1943
Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Ia, 10. Panzer-Division, Heer (Chief of Staff, 10th Armored Division, Heer)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Ia, 10. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Wikimedia/Norbert Beyerlein
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Bibliotheek van de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 'Von Stauffenberg'
- Hoffmann, P., Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg und seine Brüder, Stuttgart, 1992
- Sterbeurkunde, Standesamt Bamberg, 14 november 1951
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