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Hachtel, Georg (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:
June 29th, 1894 (Reubach/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:
July 20th, 1943 (Konstanz/Baden, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberst Hachtel died during a holiday in a hospital at Konstanz.

Promotions:
March 22nd, 1913: Leutnant (Patent: June 22nd, 1913);
September 20th, 1918: Oberleutnant;
July 15th, 1934: Hauptmann (RDA: April 1st, 1933);
January 1st, 1937: Major;
June 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant (RDA: March 1st, 1939);
February 1st, 1942: Oberst;
July 1st, 1943: Generalmajor (Posthumously).

Career:
March 22nd, 1913: 4. Württembergisches Füsilier-Regiment "Kaiser Franz Joseph von Österreich, König von Ungarn" Nr. 122;
August 1918: British POW;
? - June 30th, 1923: 13. (Württ.) Infanterie-Regiment, 5. Division, Reichswehr;
July 15th, 1934: Kompaniechef;
1935: Adjutant, Infanterie-Regiment 75, 5. Infanterie-Division;
May 12th, 1938: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 14;
?: Chef, Infanterie-Regiment 14;
1940: IIa, V. Armeekorps;
June 20th, 1941: Führerreserve;
August 28th, 1941: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 258;
October 16th, 1942: Führerreserve;
February 1st, 1943 - July 20th, 1943: Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 56.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
II. Klasse mit Schwerten
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1914
Ritter zum Friedrichs-Orden
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1916
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
August 15th, 1916
Ritter zum Militärverdienstorden
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
mit der Kriegsdekoration
Awarded on:
1916
with war device
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
mit Schwertern
Awarded on:
August 18th, 1918
Ritter I. Klasse zum Friedrichs-Orden
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 258, 112. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 56, 5. Jäger-Division
Awarded on:
April 30th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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