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Hülse, Wilhelm Helmut

Date of birth:
February 14th, 1915 (Boberröhrsdorf/Lower-Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
May 10th, 1945 (in or near Prague, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Wilhelm Hülse had as profession teacher. As far as known he was shot to death on May 10th, 1945 in or near Prague by Soviet military in a small village south of Ghlumetz. He was formally declared dead on January 11th, 1951.

Promotions:
?: Unteroffizier;
?: Leutnant der Reserve;
?: Oberleutnant der Reserve;
May 1st, 1944: Hauptmann der Reserve;
April 10th, 1945: Major der Reserve.

Career:
November 8th, 1939: military service;
1939: Infanterie-Regiment 54;
February 1st, 1940: Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 54;
March 31st, 1940: Zugführer/Rekrutenoffizier, 4. Kompanie, Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 354;
June 1st, 1940: Zugführer, 12. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 547;
July 3rd, 1940: Zugführer, 4. Kompanie, Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 354;
February 2nd, 1941: Zugführer, 12. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 233;
April 9th, 1941: Zugführer, Heeres Unteroffiziersvorschule Frankenstein;
April 15th, 1942: Kompaniechef, Heeres Unteroffiziersvorschule Mende;
April 1st, 1943: Führerreserve Wehrkreis VIII, Jäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 83;
May 1943: Kompaniechef, 12. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 535;
November 1943: Kompaniechef, 8. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 911;
July 1944: Bataillonsführer, Bataillon Hülse, Grenadier-Regiment 911;
August 14th, 1944: Führer, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 949;
October 4th, 1944: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 949.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 20th, 1940
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 20th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 1944
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 22nd, 1945
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 949, 359. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
1945
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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