Kubel, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- December 16th, 1917 (Woplauken-Rastenburg/Easternprussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 29th, 2003 (Hambühren/Lowersaxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Wilhelm Kubel joined the RAD from April until October 1938. On November 16th, 1938 he joined the Werhmacht at Kumbinnen in the II. / Infanterie-Regiment 22. With his unit he served at the Northern part of the Eastern Front. during the period of 1942/1943 he commanded a company in the Grenadier-Regiment 162. After the heavy fightings during the retreat in the spring of 1944, he commanded the I. / Grenadier-Regiment 162. Finally he reached the rank of Hauptmann der Reserve.
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Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher collection
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Personal archives Wilhelm Kubel, August 29th, 1988