Scheller, Walther

Date of birth:: January 27th, 1892 (Hannover/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:: July 21st, 1944 (Brest-Litowsk/General Government, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
February 13th, 1911: Fahnenjunker;
October 18th, 1911: Fähnrich;
August 18th, 1912: Leutnant mit Pat. v. 23-8-1910 Z 5 z;
January 27th, 1916: Oberleutnant D 10 d;
June 1st, 1922: Rittmeister;
February 1st, 1933: Major (20);
September 1st, 1935: Oberstleutnant (5);
March 1st, 1938: Oberst (8a);
october 1st, 1941: Generalmajor (7);
January 1st, 1943: Generalleutnant (19).

Career:
August 26th, 1939: Chef Gen.St.Stellv.Gen.Kdo. X. Armee-Korps;
May 26th, 1941: Kdr. 8. Schützen-Brigade;
September 29th, 1941: Führer-Reserve OKH;
October 20th, 1941: mdFb 11. Pz.Div.;
December 29th, 1941: Kdr. 11. Pz.Div.;
May 16th, 1942: Führer-Reserve OKH / W.Kr. XI;
July 28th, 1942: Kdr. 9. Pz.Div.;
July 22nd, 1943: Führer-Reserve OKH / W.Kr. XI;
November 20th, 1943: mdFb 334. Inf.Div.;
November 27th, 1943: Kdr. 334. Inf.Div.;
February 1st, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH / W.Kr. XI;
March 7th, 1944: mWb.Kdt. O.Feldkdtr. 399;
May 10th, 1944: kdt. O.F.K. 399;
June x?, 1944: zugleich Kommandant von Brest-Litowsk.

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Wehrmachtbericht

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 24th, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Generalleutnant (Major-general)
Unit:: Kommandeur, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 3rd, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 12.04.1943) describes why Scheller was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Generalleutnant Scheller smashed a group of Soviet forces that were assembling near Orel and thereby successfully preempted a hostile breakthrough attempt.”