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Deutsch, Friedrich Gotthard Emil Egon

Date of birth:
February 19th, 1892 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
March 2nd, 1944 (Valona/Vlora, Albania)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Tirana
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Friedrich Deutsch died on March 2nd, 1944 from the consequences of an accident on February 1944, as Generalleutnant. His name is inscribed on a stone memorial at the German War Cemetery in Tirana.

Promotions:
22.05.1912 Fähnrich
16.06.1913: Leutnant
18.08.1916: Oberleutnant
01.10.1923: Hauptmann
01.08.1933: Major
01.03.1936: Oberstleutnant
01.10.1938: Oberst
01.07.1942: Generalmajor
01.08.1943: Generalleutnant

Career:
1911: Armee;
October 15th, 1935 - April 30th, 1939: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 15;
August 28th, 1939 - May 28th, 1941: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 187;
August 28th, 1941 - June 30th, 1942: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 522;
July 15th, 1942 - March 15th, 1943: Kommandeur 711. Infanterie-Division;
April 1st, 1943 - February 17th, 1944: Kommandeur 297. Infanterie-Division;
February 17, 1944: severely WIA in a car accident
March 2nd, 1944: DOW in an Italian hospital in Valona/Vlora, Albania
August 1st, 1943: posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 522, 297. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
May 30th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille

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