Date of birth:

August 16th, 1881 (Hammelburg/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

October 17th, 1962 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
July 14th, 1899: Fahnenjunker;
February 6th, 1900: Fähnrich;
March 4th, 1901: Leutnant (Patent: March 4th, 1901);
October 23rd, 1910: Oberleutnant (Patent: October 23rd, 1910);
November 3rd, 1914: Hauptmann (Patent: November 20th, 1913);
September 26th, 1919: Major (Patent: October 18th, 1918);
April 1st, 1924: Oberstleutnant;
February 1st, 1929: Oberst (RDA: February 1st, 1929 -7-);
1938: Oberst z.V.;
August 1st, 1942: Generalmajor z.V.;
July 1st, 1944: Generalleutnant z.V.

Career:
July 24th, 1899: kgl. bayer. 5. Infanterie-Regiment „Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen";
January 1st, 1909: kgl. bayer. 5. Infanterie-Regiment „Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen";
October 1st, 1911 - 1 augustus 1914: Bayerische Kriegsakademie;
August 2nd, 1914: 2. Adjutant 1. bayer. Landwehr-Brigade;
February 19th, 1915: 2. Generalstabsoffizier, 5. bayer. Reserve-Division;
March 6th, 1916 - March 27th, 1916: Führer, II. Bataillon, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 7;
June 19th, 1916: Generalstab, II. bayer. Armeekorps;
October 19th, 1916: Stab 11. Infanterie-Division;
January 1st, 1917: 1. Generalstabsoffizier, Stab, 10. bayer. Infanterie-Division;
August 16th, 1918: Bataillons-Kommandeur, 14. bayer. Infanterie-Division;
August 26th, 1918 - September 2nd, 1918: stellvertretender Führer, 4. bayer. Infanterie-Regiment;
September 4th, 1918: Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, 4. bayer. Infanterieregiment;
September 12th, 1918: 1. Generalstabsoffizier, 5. bayer. Infanterie-Division;
December 18th, 1918: zur Verwendung, Stab, II. bayer. Armeekorps (Würzburg);
April 1st, 1924: Chef, 13. (MW), Infanterieregiment 19 (München);
May 2st, 1925: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterieregiment 19 (Kempten);
May 1st, 1928: Stab, Infanterieregiment 19 (München);
September 30th, 1929: Retirement;
September 8th, 1939: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Ersatz-Regiment 157;
November 26th, 1939: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 315;
August 2nd, 1941 - August 11th, 1941: m.d.F.b. 167. Infanterie-Division;
September 25th, 1942: Kommandeur, Division Nr. 461;
April 1st, 1944: Führerreserve OKH;

Richard Wenk passed away in 1962 and was buried at the Stadtfriedhof in Weilheim.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Karteikarte.
  - Kriegstagebuch 167. Infanterie-Division.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002