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Deckert, Hans-Joachim (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:
October 29th, 1904 (Tennrode/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:
March 5th, 1988 (Bielefeld/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
01.08.1928: Leutnant
01.06.1932: Oberleutnant
01.12.1935: Hauptmann
01.02.1942: Major
01.07.1943: Oberstleutnant
20.04.1944: Oberst
30.01.1945 Generalmajor

Career:
1924: Reichswehr;
November 10th, 1939: Lehrer Aufklärungsschule, Jüterbog;
May 11th, 1940 - November 30th, 1940: Ia Stab, Harko 302;
December 1st, 1940 - January 11th, 1942: Kommandeur Aufklärungs-Battalion 35;
January 12th, 1942 - May 14th, 1943: Lehrer Artillerie-Schule 1;
May 15th, 1943 - September 24th, 1943: Kommandeur II. / Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 76;
September 25th, 1943 - August 31st, 1944: Kommandeur Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 76;
October 9th, 1944 - January 28th, 1945: Führer 15. Panzergrenadier-Division;
March 20th, 1945 - May 10th, 1945: Kommandeur 19. Panzer-Division;
May 10th, 1945 - October 12th, 1955: Soviet POW.

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Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kdr, Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 76, 6. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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