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Overhoff, Gerold (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 11)

Date of birth:
November 27th, 1914 (Dessau/Anhalt, Germany)
Date of death:
June 18th, 2001 (Wedemark/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

Gerold Wilhelm Overhoff
Promotions:
1936: Reserveoffiziersanwärter;
1936: Fahnenjunker;
September 1st, 1938: Leutnant (RDA: -25-);
August 1st, 1940: Oberleutnant;
February 1st, 1943: Hauptmann (RDA: July 1st, 1942);
October 10th, 1943: SS-Mann
June 1st, 1944: Major.

Career:
April 1st, 1935 - September 30th, 1935: Reichsarbeitsdienst;
October 28th, 1935: 9. (Schützen) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
1937 - 1938: Kriegsschule, Hannover;
1938: Infanterieschule Döberitz;
September 1st, 1938: Zugführer/Rekrutenoffizier, 10. (Schützen) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
August 28th, 1939: Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
September 1st, 1940: Chef, 1. (Schützen) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
1941- 1942: Ersatz-Bataillon 11;
August 1942: Stellungsoffizier, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
August 1942: Führer, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
September 1942: Chef, 8. (Schwere) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
October 30th, 1942: Führer, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11;
January 1944: Generalstabsausbildung;
March 1944 - May 1944: Adjutantenlehrgang;
July 15th, 1944: Adjutant, 544. Volksgrenadier-Division.

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Awarded on:
April 1st, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
May 21st, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Adjutant, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1940
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Ersatz-Bataillon 11, Division 154, Heer
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1941
in bronze
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Führer, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment (motorisiert) 11, 14. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1942
Awarded for a fifth wound received on August 31st, 1942.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment (motorisiert) 11, 14. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer
Awarded on:
December 10th, 1942
Awarded for, together with his unit, stopping an enemy advance on August 31st, 1942 on the road between Rshew and Subsow.

According to his career overvieuw, the awarding had taken place on December 12th, 1942.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Adjutant, 544. Volksgrenadier-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern

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