Wrisberg, von, Gerhard (Art.Reg. 126)

Date of birth:: June 8th, 1898 (Metz, Lorraine)
Date of death:: April 8th, 1986 (Gut Wettesingen, Breuna, Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.09.1939: Major, Kdr, II. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 34, Trier
01.04.1940: promoted to Oberstleutnant
00.05.1940: Führer, Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 11, 11. Infanterie-Division
captured Le Mans and Angers during the campaign in France
15.06.1940-22.06.1940: heavy losses on the Loire River
15.10.1940-00.04.1943: Oberstleutnant, Kdr, Artillerie-Regiment 126, 126. Infanterie-Division, Sennelager
00.06.1941: Operation Barbarossa region Volkhov then Novgorod
01.04.1942: promoted to Oberst
00.06.1943-00.10.1943: Oberst, Heeresgruppe B
00.07.1944-00.08.1944: Feldkommandantur 1041, Balkans
00.00.1945: POW

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kdr, Artillerie-Regiment 126, 126. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:: November 24th, 1942

Sources

- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht