Schulenburg, Graf von der, Wolf-Werner
- Date of birth:
- September 14th, 1899 (Bad Muskau/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 14th, 1944 (Saint James, West of Saint Lô/Normandy, France)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Marigny
Plot: 2. Row: 22. Grave: 821. - Service number:
- SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Wolf-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg was killed in action on July 14th, 1944 as Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 13. He was posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant.
Promotions:
August 20th,1917: Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter
September 26th,1917: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
July 25th,1918: Fähnrich
September 1st, 1918: Leutnant
April 1st, 1940: Oberleutnant der Reserve z.V. - RDA 01.11.1928
November 01st,1940: Hauptmann z.V. - RDA 01.07.1939
September 01st,1942: Major z.V. - RDA 01.12.1941
1942: SA-Brigadeführer
July 23rd, 1944: Oberstleutnant z.V. (posthumously) - RDA 01.07.1944
Career:
November 01st, 1930: joined the NSDAP
February 01st, 1931: joined the SA
August 18th, 1939: Ordonnanzoffizier, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 - Westfeldzug
May 20th, 1941: Offizier z.b.V., Stab, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 - Unternehmen „Merkur"
February 20th, 1942: Führer, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, VI. Armee-Korps
November 11th, 1943: stellvertretender Führer, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
Kommandeur, Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 13, 5. Fallschirmjäger-Division
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 2. Stufe
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 23rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 23rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 20th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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