Beuttel, Wilhelm Julius

Date of birth:: July 22nd, 1901 (Mannheim/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:: March 25th, 1945 (Lüdtkenfürst/Eastprussia, Germany)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Königsberg / Kaliningrad
Nationality:: German

Biography

Wilhelm Beuttel was killed on March 25th, 1945 (according to the Volksbund) as Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 3 and presumably lies buried as an unknown soldier at the German War Cemetery Königsberg.

Promotions:
1937: Leutnant der Reserve;
1940: Oberleutnant der Reserve;
1943: Hauptmann der Reserve;
1944: Major der Reserve.

Career:
1941: Chef 14. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 45;
?: Kommandeur II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 45;
March 1945: Führer Grenadier-Regiment 3.

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: October 7th, 1939

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 24th, 1940

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1942

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: March 17th, 1944

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:: II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 45, 21. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: November 27th, 1944

Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
Unit:: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 45, 21. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: March 5th, 1945

Awarded for distinguishing himself in the Heiligenbeil pocket in early 1945, particularly near Paustern (along the road to Landsberg), in Wotterlack (along the line Schönborn-Lotterfeld) and during the thrust against the Mehlsacker Senke.