Date of birth:

April 24th, 1918 (Weißenburg-Gnesen/Posen, Germany)

Date of death:

November 1997 (Cuxhaven/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Hubert Walitschek reached the rank of Hauptmann. After the Second World War he served with the Bundeswehr and there reached the rank of Generalmajor. For his activities after the war Hubert Walitschek received the Grosses Bundes Verdienstkreuz and the American Legion of Merit.

Promotions:
November 1st, 1940: Leutnant der Reserve;
November 1st, 1942: Oberleutnant;
April 1st, 1944: Hauptmann;
December 17th, 1958: Major (Bundeswehr);
March 30th, 1962: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Bundeswehr);
July 1st, 1970: Oberst im Generalstab (Bundeswehr);
July 1st, 1971: Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr);
September 3rd, 1975: Generalmajor.

Career:
?: Jäger-Regiment 38;
Bundeswehr:
April 1st, 1958 - March 31st, 1959: GenStLG (H PzGren / Maj.) FüAkBw., Hamburg;
?: Bundeswehrakademie für Wehrverwaltung und Wehrtechnik (Mannheim);
April 1st, 1971 - September 30th, 1975: Stellvertretender Befehlshaber und Chef des Stabes Territorial Kommando NORD, Mönchengladbach/Nordrhein-Westfalen;
October 1st, 1975 - March 31st, 1978: Befehlshaber Wehrbereichskommando V, Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg.

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