Adam, Kurt Eugen (WH-Generalmajor)
- Date of birth:
- July 8th, 1897 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 24th, 1973 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Finally became Generalmajor.
Promotions:
13.05.1917: Leutnant o. Pat.
Leutnant Pat. 09.05.1915
Leutnant RDA 01.07.1916 (6)
01.04.1925: Oberleutnant (407)
01.10.1932: Hauptmann (11)
01.03.1936: Major (70)
01.04.1938: Oberstleutnant (13b)
01.04.1941: Oberst 01.04.1941 (19)
Career:
1915: Flieger-Abteilung 226
1917: Ballonzug 75
04.02.1919: Gerichtsoffizier - Stab I./ Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 13
06.03.1919: Adjutant - Stab I./ Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 13
Stab/Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 13
5./ Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 13
20.09.1920-20.12.1920: Meßlehrgang
01.05.1924-15.08.1924: Waffenschul-Lehrgang
01.09.1924: Adjutant - Stab II./ Artillerie-Regiment 13
08.03.1929: Wehrkreisprüfung
01.10.1929: Stab/ 5. Division
01.10.1931: 4. Artillerie-Regiment
Kommandantur Berlin
01.10.1932: Reichswehrministerium
01.05.1933: Reichswehrministerium
01.07.1935: 1. Abteilung/ Generalstab des Heeres
15.10.1935: Chef - 2./ Artillerie-Regiment 19
02.07.1936: Stab/ 35. Infanterie-Division
01.09.1939 -01.11.1940: Ia - Stab/ XXV. Armeekorps
01.11.1940-05.10.1941: Ia - Stab AOK 1
05.10.1941-20.04.1943: Chef des Stabes - Stab/ XXV. Armeekorps
20.04.1943-10.07.1943: Führer-Reserve OKH / WK V
10.07.1943-15.07.1943: Führer-Reserve HG Süd
15.07.1943-15.01.1944: Kommandeur - Grenadier-Regiment 687
15.01.1944: Führer-Reserve OKH
Heeresgruppe Süd zur Verwendung als stv. Divisionskommandeur
10.02.1944: Führer-Reserve OKH
15.05.1944: Heeresgruppe A zur Verwendung als stv. Divisionskommandeur 111. ID
14.02.1944: mdstFb - Stab/ 111. Infanterie-Division
03.05.1944: mWdGb - Stab/Festung Sewastopol
01.06.1944: Chef des Stabes - Stab/ stellv. Generalkommando V. Armeekorps
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 27th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 13th, 1919
Goldene Militär-Verdienstmedaille
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 11th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 14th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 18th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 687, 336. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 16th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Gareth Collins
- Photo: Gareth Collins via Axis Biographical Research
- - 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
- Axis Biographical Research
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