Date of birth:

August 11th, 1897 (Essen/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

December 1st, 1942 (Luchessa Valley, Shernossekowo, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Rzhev
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
28th December 1915: Leutnant
01st April 1925: Oberleutnant
01st April 1931: Hauptmann
01st March 1936: Major
01st March 1939: Oberstleutnant
01st December 1940: Oberst
01st December 1942: Generalmajor (posthumously)

Career:
11th August 1914: joined the Army, Guards-Rifle-Battalion
September 1914: transferred to the 128th Infantry-Regiment
1915-1919: Ordinance-Officer, Battalion & Regiment Adjutant & Company Leader
October 1919: Company-Officer, 102nd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment
October 1920: Company-Officer, 4th Infantry-Regiment
April 1931: Company-Chief, 4th Infantry-Regiment
October 1935: Panzer-Defence-Advisor, Staff, Infantry-School Döberitz
Summer 1939: Battalion-Commander, Infantry-Instruction-Regiment Döberitz
September 1939: Commander, I. Battalion, Infantry-Regiment 'Grossdeutschland'
September 1940: Commander, V. Heavy Battalion, Infantry-Regiment 'Grossdeutschland'
October 1940: Staff, Army Mission in Romania
January 1941: Commander, Grenadier-Regiment 'Grossdeutschland'
01st December 1942: KIA

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• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
  - Otto Köhler | Gräbersuche-Online
  

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