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Bullion, Graf von, Wolfgang (Gebirgsjäg.Reg.144)

Date of birth:
April 9th, 1918 (Stuttgart, Germany)
Date of death:
February 4th, 1943 (Skubry, Lugansk)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Hauptmann Wolfgang Gottfried Julius Graf von Bullion

00.12.1936: Fahnenjunker, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100, Berchtesgaden
00.00.1937-00.09.1938: Kriegsschule in München
01.09.1938: promoted to Leutnant
00.09.1939: campaign in Poland
00.05.1940: campaign in the West
00.09.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.02.1941: Oberleutnant, Zugführer, 6. Kompanie, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100, 5. Gebirgs-Division - campaign in the Balkans, Metaxas Line
21.05.1941-22.5.1941: Schiffsstaffel „Maleme" - campaign in Crete, WIA by an air raid on the cargo and evacuted to a Lazarett
00.04.1942: campaign in Norway : Lillehammer, Hamar, Gjövik, Elverum and Stören
00.07.1942: campaign in Russia: Leningrad, Welikje Luki
00.08.1942: Oberleutnant, Zugführer, 6. Kompanie, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100, 5. Gebirgs-Division, 11. Armee, Hangoe, Mga, Leningrad
29.09.1942: Olt., Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144, 3. Gebirgs-Division - fightings at Gaitolowo
00.10.1942: Millerowo
15.01.1943: retreat towards Donez,
18.01.1943: Voroschilovgrad - railway Voroschilovsk – Voroschilovograd
03.02.1943: Olt., Führer, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon /Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144, 3. Gebirgs-Division, severely WIA and evacuated to a Lazarett
04.02.1943: DOW in the Lazarett near Skubry, Lugansk
00.02.1943: posthumously promoted to Hauptmann

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 22nd, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144, 3. Gebirgs-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
November 28th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144, 3. Gebirgs-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1943
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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