Date of birth:

October 10th, 1895 (Sülze/Mecklenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

October 23rd, 1982 (Bad Schwartau/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

05.08.1914: Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter
04.10.1914: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
27.01.1915: Leutnant
01.02.1925: Oberleutnant
01.08.1929: Hauptmann
01.09.1935: Major
01.04.1938: Oberstleutnant
01.06.1940: Oberst
01.01.1943: Generalmajor
08.08.1943: Generalleutnant

Otto Elfeldt joined the 20 foot artillery regiment on June 27, 1914, with whom he went into the field on August 5, 1914. Promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1915, he was transferred to the replacement battalion of the 20th Foot Artillery Regiment on November 9, 1915. On January 6, 1916 he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the 20 Foot Artillery Regiment and on August 20, 1917 at the same time as an orderly officer to the staff of the 20 Foot Artillery Regiment. On October 25, 1917 he was transferred to the staff of the Foot Artillery Regiment Regiment 20 transferred, on November 20, 1917 he was assigned to the staff of artillery commander 4 as a down-to-earth officer. On December 3, 1917, he was assigned to the staff of artillery commander 116 and on December 21, 1917, he was an artillery intelligence officer with the general staff of the XIV Army Corps. On May 10, 1918, while remaining in his position with the XIV Army Corps, he was also a regimental adjutant in the 20 foot artillery regiment. On March 21, 1919, he came to the 2nd battery of the voluntary heavy artillery division 20. From here he was on April 9, 1919 transferred to the 2nd battery of the heavy Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 9, on August 27, 1919 he was transferred to the 3rd battery of the regiment. On November 19, 1919, he joined the staff of the I. Department. On April 17, 1920 he was transferred to the heavy artillery division 1, on October 1, 1920 came to the staff of the 2 artillery regiment. In November 1924, he began his training as a guide assistant with the staff of the 2nd division and on February 1 In 1925 he was promoted to first lieutenant. On October 1, 1926, he was transferred to the 4th battery of Artillery Regiment 2, and a year later he was transferred to the 5th battery. From October to December 1928 he was assigned to the shooting course for artillery officers at the Munster military training area, on February 1, 1929 he returned to the 4th battery of the 2nd Artillery Regiment. Promoted to captain on August 1, 1929, he was transferred to Division II on October 1, 1929, and on February 1, 1930, he became chief of the 5th battery. On October 1, 1934, he took command of the II. Division of Artillery Regiment 56 and on September 1, 1935 he was promoted to major. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 1, 1938, he was entrusted from June to the end of July 1938 with the management of the weapons school course for the senior middlemen of the XIV Army Corps. On June 1, 1939 he was transferred to the OKH in Inspection 4 and on August 26, 1939 commander of the 619 artillery regiment. On October 25, 1939 he was then an artillery staff officer in the general staff of Army Group A and on June 1 Promoted to colonel in 1940. On September 1, 1940 he became a staff officer e.g. V. on the staff of the General of the Artillery with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. On October 20, 1942, he was transferred to the OKH's Führerreserve, and on November 26, 1942, he was entrusted with the command of the 302nd Infantry Division. Promoted to major general on January 1, 1943, he was also the division commander. On August 8, 1943, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and on November 17, 1943, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. On November 12, 1943, he was transferred to the Führerreserve and on December 27, 1943, he was commander of the 47th Infantry Division. On July 30, 1944, he became the leader of the LXXXIV. Army Corps instructed. On August 20, 1944, he was taken prisoner near Falaise, from which he was released on January 20, 1948.

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• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X