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Streil, Ludwig

Date of birth:
January 21st, 1893 (Zusamzell/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
May 17th, 1940 (near the channel at Charleroi, Belgium)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Lommel
Plot: 49. Grave: 264.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
?: Unteroffizier;
January 18th, 1915: Vizefeldwebel;
?: Leutnant (RDA: May 11th, 1915, -5-);
February 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant (RDA: -10-);
June 1st, 1929: Hauptmann (RDA: -5-);
August 1st, 1935: Major (RDA: -31-);
April 1st, 1938: Oberstleutnant (RDA: -32-);
?: Oberst (RDA: May 1st, 1940).

Career:
October 23rd, 1912: 8. Kompanie, 1. Bayerisches Infanterie Regiment "Leiber";
November 25th, 1916: 1. Ersatz-Battalion, Infanterie-Leibregiment;
1918: Werbeoffizier, Freikorps Epp;
?: Reichswehr-Schützen-Brigade 21;
?: Infantry Regiment 42;
?: Infanterie-Regiment 14;
?: 4. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 19;
?: Chef, 3. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 19;
?: Chef, 4. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 19;
?: Lehrer, Infanterieschule Dresden;
?: Lehrer, Kriegsschule München;
?: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 62;
?: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 61.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
September 18th, 1914

With swords.
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 24th, 1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1914

with swords
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 26th, 1918
Militär-Verdienstmedaille in Bronze
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1918
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
July 25th, 1918
Goldene Bayerische Tapferkeitsmedaille
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 1918
Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold (1918)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 61, 7. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 30th, 1941

Awarded posthumously.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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