Walter, Helmut

Date of birth:: May 10th, 1921 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:: October 13th, 2005 (Puchheim/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
?: Offizier-Anwärter;
February 1st, 1941: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
February 1st, 1944: Hauptmann;
July 1st, 1956: Hauptmann (Bundeswehr);
June 28th, 1979: Brigadegeneral.

Career:
October 1st, 1939: Infanterie-Regiment 28;
April 1940: Gruppenführer, Infanterie-Regiment 28;
January 1942: Zugführer, Infanterie-Regiment 452;
January 1942 - januari 1944: Kompanieführer, Kompaniechef, Kommandant, Eisenbahn-Panzerzüge 29, 1 en 63;
June 1944: Kompaniechef, Lehrer, FeldUffzSdPzTr Warschau/Brünn;
February 1945: Bataillonsführer/Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 304;
May 1945: US POW;
August 1945 1951: Dolmetscher Arbeitsamt Neumünster;
May 1951: Bundesgrenzschutz;
June 1956: Sachbereiter/Zugführer Bundesgrenzschutz;
July 1st, 1956: S1 Offizier, Kampfgruppe B1 (Bundeswehr);
?: S2 Offizier Kampfgruppe B1/Panzerkampfgruppe C3;
January 1958: Sachbereiter, Abteilng Panzergrenadiere/Truppenamt Köln;
April 1959: Schüleretat z.b.V., FüAkBw, Hamburg;
October 1959: 3. Generalstabslehrgang/FüAkBw;
January 1961: AMK/BND München;
September 30th, 1981: Retirement

Helmut Walter was recommended to receive the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes in 1945. He has supposedly been awarded the RK on May 9th,1945, however, formally the awaridng of the RK were terminated as from May 8th, 1945 which makes this a non formal of illegal awarding.