Date of birth:

May 19th, 1899 (Stettin/Pommerania, Germany)

Date of death:

August 6th, 1982 (Darmstadt, Seeheim-Jugenheim/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Oberst Albert Gustav Julius Panzenhagen
Promotions:
11.08.1928: Polizei-Leutnant
28.10.1931: Polizei-Oberleutnant
00.00.1934: Polizei-Hauptmann
00.00.1936: Hauptmann - RDA 01.01.1934 (126b)
01.02.1939: Major (8)
01.02.1942: Oberstleutnant (9)
00.00.1943: Oberst - RDA 01.03.1943 (25a)

Career:
11.09.1914: Ersatz-Pionier-Bataillon 2
00.09.1918: British POW
25.09.1919: released
23.02.1920: preußische Schutzpolizei in Duisburg
00.00.1929: Schutzpolizei Berlin
00.00.1933: Schutzpolizei Krefeld-Uerd./Rheinland
00.00.1936: Chef, 13. (IG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 97, Darmstadt
06.10.1936: Chef, 14. (PzAbw) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 115, Darmstadt
26.08.1939: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 115
16.05.1940: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 347
00.00.1942: Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 200
08.08.1942: Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 361
00.00.1943: illness, Lazarett
23.07.1943: Führerreserve, OKH (XII)
01.09.1943: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Regiment 16
02.10.1944: Stab, Chef der Heeresrüstung, Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres
15.12.1944: Kommandant von Schwerin
01.01.1945: Gauoffizier von Mecklenburg
02.05.1945: US POW

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

May 19th, 1916

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1934

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 18th, 1941

other sources give 28.11.1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

January 19th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 361, 90. leichte Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

February 21st, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 361, 90. leichte Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1942

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 07.10.1942) describes why Panzenhagen received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberstleutnant Albert Panzenhagen… captured a formidable enemy strongpoint in North Africa thanks to a combination of outstanding combat leadership and ruthless devotion to duty on his part. In doing so he secured a decisive precondition for the capture of Marsa Matruk.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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• - KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 277)
  - Oberst Albert Panzenhagen (1899-1982) - Axis History Forum