Overhoff, Gerold (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 11)
- Date of birth:
- November 27th, 1914 (Dessau/Anhalt, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 18th, 2001 (Wedemark/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Gerold Wilhelm Overhoff
Promotions:
1936: Reserveoffiziersanwärter;
1936: Fahnenjunker;
September 1st, 1938: Leutnant (RDA: -25-);
August 1st, 1940: Oberleutnant;
February 1st, 1943: Hauptmann (RDA: July 1st, 1942);
October 10th, 1943: SS-Mann
June 1st, 1944: Major.
Career:
April 1st, 1935 - September 30th, 1935: Reichsarbeitsdienst;
October 28th, 1935: 9. (Schützen) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
1937 - 1938: Kriegsschule, Hannover;
1938: Infanterieschule Döberitz;
September 1st, 1938: Zugführer/Rekrutenoffizier, 10. (Schützen) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
August 28th, 1939: Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
September 1st, 1940: Chef, 1. (Schützen) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
1941- 1942: Ersatz-Bataillon 11;
August 1942: Stellungsoffizier, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
August 1942: Führer, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
September 1942: Chef, 8. (Schwere) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
October 30th, 1942: Führer, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
January 1944: Generalstabsausbildung;
March 1944 - May 1944: Adjutantenlehrgang;
July 15th, 1944: Adjutant, 544. Volksgrenadier-Division.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Awarded on:
- April 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Ersatz-Bataillon 11, Division 154, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment (motorisiert) 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment (motorisiert) 11, 14. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 10th, 1942
According to his career overvieuw, the awarding had taken place on December 12th, 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Adjutant, 544. Volksgrenadier-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Mathijs Taildeman
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945
- Geschichte des 11. (sachs.) Infanterie-Regiments, späteren Infanterie-Regiments 11 und Grenadier-Regiments 11 van 1918-1945
- Life overvieuw
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