Versock, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- February 14th, 1895 (Hütten, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 17th, 1963 (Aachen/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
October 21st, 1914: Fahnenjunker;
June 25th, 1915: Leutnant mit Patent vom 09.12.1913 (Z);
July 1st, 1922: neues RDA vom 1-5-1914 (2) erhalten;
January 1st, 1924: Oberleutnant (3);
November 1st, 1928: Hauptmann (18);
April 1935: Major (14);
January 1st, 1938: Oberstleutnant (38);
November 1st, 1940: Oberst (26);
May 1st, 1943: Generalmajor (1c);
November 1st, 1943: Generalleutnant (4a);
November 1st, 1944: General der Gebirgstruppen (11).
Career:
October 21st, 1914: 13. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 178;
?: Zugführer;
?: Bataillons-Adjutant;
?: Kompanieführer Machinengewehr-Kompanie;
?: Regiments-Adjutant;
?: Grenzjäger-Regiment 1;
1920: Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 23;
?: Zugführer 4. (MG) Kompanie / 10. (Sächs.) Infanterie-Regiment;
October 1st, 1922: Führergehilfenausbildung;
?: 3. (Eskadron) / 12. (Sächs.) Reiter-Regiment, Grimma;
1925: 4. (MG) Kompanie / 10. (Sächs.) Infanterie-Regiment, Dresden;
1927/1928: Kompaniechef 16. Kompanie / 10. (Sächs.) Infanterie-Regiment, Löbau;
?: Chef 4. (MG) Kompanie / 10. (Sächs.) Infanterie-Regiment, Dresden;
1934 - 1938: Taktiklehrer Infanterie-Schule, Dresden;
November 1st, 1938: Kommandeur I. / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138, Leoben;
March 1940 - October 1940: Kommandeur Offiziers-Lehrgänge;
November 1st, 1940: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 31;
March 1st, 1943: mit der Führung beauftragd 24. Infanterie-Division;
May 1st, 1943 - September 3rd, 1944: Kommandeur 24. Infanterie-Division;
February 18th, 1944: gewond in Lazerett;
September 3rd, 1944: mit der FUhrung beauftragd XXXXIII. Armeekorps / Organisation der Küstenverteidigung Nordkurlands;
November 1st, 1944: Kommandierenden General XXXXIII. Armeekorps;
April 20th, 1945: Führerreserve;
May 8th, 1945: POW to Americans;
?: Vorsitzender Kameradenrings der 24. Infanterie-Division
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- I. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138, 3. Gebirgs-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1939
- Awarded for:
- Operation Fall Weiss
Kommandeur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 31, 24. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 26th, 1941
- Awarded for:
- Operation Barbarossa
Kommandeur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 31, 24. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 30th, 1942
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Comandor
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- February 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 24. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 20th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- axishistory.com
- Document from the Bundesarchiv
- Royal Decree No. 78/15 January 1943, published in Monitorul Oficial No. 90/16 April 1943
- Lexicon der Wehrmacht
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