Date of birth:

June 17th, 1894 (Salchow, Germany)

Date of death:

August 26th, 1942 (Hill 118, near Krasnoarmeisk, Stalingrad, Russia)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
December 20th, 1913: Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter;
March 19th, 1914: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier;
April 30th, 1914: Fähnrich;
August 6th, 1914: Leutnant;
April 18th, 1918: Oberleutnant;
July 1st, 1934: Rittmeister;
January 1st, 1937: Major;
June 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
February 1st, 1942: Oberst;
January 2nd, 1943: Generalmajor (postuum, RDA August 1st, 1942).

Career:
October 11th, 1919: Zugführer Schützen-Regiment 59;
November 24th, 1919: Adjutant Schützen-Regiment 6;
May 1920: Stab 3. Kavallerie-Division;
October 1st, 1920: Reiter-Regiment 14;
December 31st, 1922: deactivation;
July 1st, 1934: 2. Schwadron / Reiter-Regiment 14;
July 17th, 1934 - 14 september 1934: Kriegsschule Hannover;
October 1st, 1934: Adjutant Reiter-Regiment 14;
March 1st, 1935: Chef Stabschwadron, Reiter-Regiment 14;
October 12th, 1937: Kommandeur II. / Kavallerie-Regiment 13;
1939: Lehrer Kavallerieschule;
February 15th, 1940: Kommandeur, I. / Reiter-Reigment 1;
December 3rd, 1941: Kommandeur Schützen-Regiment 21;
July 5th, 1942 - August 26th, 1942: Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21.

He is buried in Russia on the "Heldenfriedhof of the 24th Panzer Division, near Prywolschski. On the Zentral cemetery of Lüneburg, in the Section of honor "Ehrenhain 3", there is a remembrance gravestone.

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• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer collection
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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