Date of birth:

December 31st, 1887 (Roitsch Bitterfeld/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

December 24th, 1942 (Karginskaja/Russia, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Oskar Koitzsch and his Ordonnanz-Offizier were detached from their unit in enemy territory on December 20th, 1942. His remains were discovered on December 24th. His Ordonnanz Offizier Leutnant Heinze was reported missing. The exact moment and way Koitzsch was killed is not known.

Promotions:
00.00.1921: Leutnant
01.07.1922: new RDA 17.04.1914 (4)
01.12.1923: Oberleutnant (14)
01.11.1928: Hauptmann (16)
01.04.1935: Major (12)
01.01.1938: Oberstleutnant (35)
01.11.1940: Oberst (23)

Career:
01.07.1922: Infanterieregiment 18
01.04.1924: 3. / Infanterieregiment 18 (Paderborn)
01.05.1925: 13. (MW) / Infanterieregiment 18 (Paderborn)
01.05.1929: Chef, 1. / Infanterieregiment 18 (Paderborn)
15.10.1935: Chef, 14. (PzAbw) / Infanterieregiment 18 (Paderborn)
06.10.1936: Kommandantur des Truppenübungsplatzes Senne
12.10.1937: Kommandantur des Truppenübungsplatzes Döberitz
16.09.1941: Führerreserve OKH (III)
10.10.1941: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 183
20.12.1942: MIA

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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