Date of birth:

September 27th, 1910 (Pressig/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

April 3rd, 1945 (Le Verdon-sur-Mer/Gironde, France)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Berneuil
Plot: 7. Row: 18. Grave: 697.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
November 1st, 1939: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
February 1st, 1942: Hauptmann;
January 1st, 1943: Major;
April 1st, 1944: Oberstleutnant;
November 1st, 1944: Oberst.

Career:
April 4th, 1929: bayerische Landespolizei;
October 15th, 1935: Infanterie-Regiment 21;
October 1st, 1936: 9. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 110;
November 3rd, 1938: Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment 127;
November 1940: Kompaniechef Infanterie-Regiment 256;
1943: Kommandeur I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 256;
?: Kommandeur Divisions-Gruppe 255;
April 1944: Führer Grenadier-Regiment 248;
November 15th, 1944: Kommandant Seefestung Le Verdon.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 29th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 14th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 256, 112. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

March 25th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Führer, Divisions-Gruppe 255, Heer

Awarded on:

February 12th, 1944

Awarding for distinguishing himself in the Cherkassy pocket, where he led a Kampfgruppe as part of Korps-Abteilung B at the front near Kagarlyk.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 248, 88. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

August 11th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 248, 88. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

September 5th, 1944

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
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