Keßler, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 192)
- Date of birth:
- August 16th, 1899 (Rosario/Santa Fé, Argentina)
- Date of death:
- January 11th, 1967
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
10.07.1918: Fähnrich;
21.01.1922: Charakter als Leutnant a.D.;
01.05.1934: Hauptmann - RDA 01.10.1933;
01.02.1938: Major (2);
01.04.1941: Oberstleutnant (1);
01.09.1942: Oberst (27).
Career:
05.06.1917: Fahnenjunker, Infanterie-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm (2. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 116
00.00.1919: awarded the Erinnerungsmedaille der Freiwilligen Russischen Westarmee
00.00.1920: awarded the Erinnerungszeichen der Deutschen Legion
15.10.1935: Chef, 5. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
10.11.1938: Chef, 16.(E.Pz.Abw.), Infanterie-Regiment 11;
26.08.1939: Kommandeur, I. / Infanterie-Regiment 234;
01.02.1940: Kommandeur, II./ Infanterie Regiment 192;
17.05.1940: WIA;
23.11.1940: Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 192
07.01.1941: Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 234
26.10.1942: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 192
12.06.1942: Führer, Infanterie-Regiment 32
30.09.1942: Führerreserve OKH
16.09.1943: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 171
15.07.1944: Führerreserve Heeresgruppe C
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen / Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Baltenkreuz 1. Klasse
Cross of St. George IV class
- Awarded on:
- 1920
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 27th, 1935
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 17th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 24th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 234, 56. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 26th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 192, 56. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 26th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Nick Herpoel
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Nick Herpoel
- Oberst Hermann Keßler - Ritterkreuz, DKiG - Axis History Forum
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