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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 (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 24th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
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
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
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.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Silver version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

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