Stempel, Richard (183.ID)
- Date of birth:
- June 18th, 1891 (Chemnitz/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 26th, 1943 (Stalingrad/Stalingrad Oblast, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Generalleutnant Richard Stempel died on 26th January 1943.
Promotions:
18.08.1911: Leutnant - Patent 20.08.1909 (G)
21.10.1915: Oberleutnant (Uu)
xx.xx.192x: Hauptmann - RDA 18.08.1918 (18)
01.10.1922: named Rittmeister
01.10.1923: named Hauptmann
01.02.1929: named Rittmeister
01.03.1931: named Hauptmann
01.10.1931: Major (9)
01.10.1934: Oberstleutnant (12)
01.04.1937: Oberst (11)
01.04.1941: Generalmajor (5)
20.01.1943: Generalleutnant - RDA 01.12.1942 (16)
Career:
30.03.1910: Fahnenjunker
01.10.1913: Infanterieregiment 178
02.08.1914: Zugführer, Maschinengewehrkompanie, Infanterieregiment 178
15.02.1915: Führer, Maschinengewehrkompanie, Infanterieregiment 178
01.10.1916: MG-Offizier, Regimentsstab, Infanterieregiment 178
01.12.1916: Regimentsadjutant, Infanterieregiment 178
10.04.1917: Ordonnanzoffizier, Stab, 123. Infanteriedivision
21.01.1919: Führer, Sicherheitsbataillon, 123. Infanteriedivision
15.10.1920: Zugführer, Maschinengewehrkompanie, Reichswehr-Infanterieregiment 23
01.04.1921: Infanterieregiment 10
01.10.1922: Reiterregiment 12
01.10.1923: Stab, III. / Infanterieregiment 10 (Dresden)
15.08.1924: Chef, 11. / Infanterieregiment 10 (Dresden)
01.02.1929: Stab, Reiterregiment 15 (Paderborn)
01.03.1931: Stab, Kommandantur Hannover
01.05.1933: Stab, 6. Division (Münster)
01.10.1934: Kommandeur, III. / Infanterieregiment 10 (Dresden)
12.10.1937: Kommandeur, Infanterieregiment 10 (Dresden)
15.08.1940: Kommandeur, 14. Schützenbrigade
26.09.1941: Führerreserve OKH (IV)
05.10.1941: Kommandeur, 183. Infanteriedivision
15.03.1942: Führerreserve OKH (IV)
01.04.1942: Kommandeur, 371. Infanteriedivision
26.01.1943: committed suicide in his bunker in Stalingrad to avoid capture
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 183. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- April 11th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ritterkreuz des Militär-St.-Heinrichs-Orden
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- November 17th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- April 19th, 1917
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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