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Koehler, Otto (Generalmajor)

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

Biography

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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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Awarded on:
1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  1.Klasse, 25 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment "Grossdeutschland" 1
Awarded on:
October 3rd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • - 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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