Wortmann, Helmut (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:: May 1st, 1907 (Verden-Aller/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:: February 3rd, 1944 (Semenovka, Velikije Luki, Soviet Union)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Sebesh
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

14.05.1926: Polizei-Hilfswachtmeister, Bremer Polizei
16.04.1927: promoted to Polizei-Unterwachtmeister
01.11.1927: promoted to Polizei-Wachtmeister
01.01.1929: promoted to Polizei-Oberwachtmeister
01.09.1931: promoted to Polizei-Leutnant
01.03.1934: promoted to Polizei-Oberleutnant
15.10.1935: transferred from the Polizei to the Heer as Oberleutnant in the Infanterie-Regiment 65
01.08.1937: promoted to Hauptmann
15.07.1938: Hauptmann, Chef, 7. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 3
01.08.1938: Hauptmann; Chef, 13. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 131
26.08.1939: Hptm, Kompaniechef, Infanterie-Geschütz-Ersatz-Kompanie 44
11.04.1940: Hptm, Chef, 13. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 131, 44. Infanterie-Division - campaign in France
11.01.1941: Hptm, Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 131, 44. Infanterie-Division
22.06.1941: campaign in Russia
01.03.1942: promoted to Major
10.05.1942: Major, Führer, Infanterie-Regiment 131, 44. Infanterie-Division
05.07.1942: Major, Führer, Infanterie-Regiment 558, 331. Infanterie-Division
01.11.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant
01.11.1942: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 558, 331. Infanterie-Division
01.05.1943: promoted to Oberst
03.02.1944: Oberst, Kdr, Grenadier-Regiment 558, 331. Infanterie-Division, KIA at Ssemenowka, Ukraine
01.02.1944: posthumously promoted to Generalmajor