Schmidt, Willi (Sicherungs-Regiment 608)
- Date of birth:
- February 15th, 1892 (Bromberg/Posen, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
23.09.1915: Leutnant d.R.;
04.03.1921: Charakter als Oberleutnant;
01.08.1935: Hauptmann (E) mit RDA vom 1-2-1934;
15.07.1936: Hauptmann mit RDA vom 1-8-1933 (64);
01.08.1937: Major (50);
01.12.1940: Oberstleutnant (22);
12.03.1943: Oberst mit RDA vom 1-3-1943 (21).
Career:
26.08.1939: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 167;
21.10.1940: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 580;
13.11.1941: mdFb Inf.Rgt. 426;
05.06.1942: Führer-Reserve OKH (II);
16.07.1942: Kdr. Sicherung-Rgt. 608;
08.-10.1944: Kdr "Angriffsgruppe Schmidt" (during the Warsaw Uprising);
15.11.1944: Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 608;
01.04.1945: Führer-Reserve OKH (VI).
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 22nd, 1916
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 3rd, 1918
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1918
Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Sicherungs-Regiment 608, 203. Sicherungs-Division, Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach", Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 5th, 1944
4392nd Award.
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