Jost, Walter (WH-Jäger)
- Date of birth:
- July 25th, 1896 (Rastatt/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 24th, 1945 (Villadose/Province of Rovigo, Italy)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Costermano
Plot: 3. Grave: 593. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Career:
December 1st, 1941: Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 75;
June 1942: m.d.F.b. 5. leichte Infanterie-Division
July 6th, 1942: m.d.F.b., 5. Jäger-Division;
April 20th, 1943: General z.b.V., Oberkommando der Wehrmacht;
August 1st, 1943: Chef Zentralstelle (10. Abteilung), Oberkommando der Wehrmacht;
April 26th, 1944 - April 24th, 1945: Kommandeur, 42. Jäger-Division.
Generalleutnant Jost, commander of the 42. Jäger-Division, was killed in action.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1916
- Period:
- First Boer War (1880-1881)
- Awarded on:
- August 24th, 1917
Ritter II. Klasse zu dem Orden der Löwen von Zähringen
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- November 10th, 1917
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 16th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 75, 5. Jäger-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 31st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 31st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1942
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Reinicke, A., Die 5. Jäger-Division – Polen, Westfeldzug 1940, Rußland, Das Ende an der Oderfront, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2003
- GL Walter Jost - Axis History Forum
- Walter Jost | Gräbersuche-Online
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