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Hünten, Maximilian (Grenadier Regiment 114)

Date of birth:
September 3rd, 1894 (Bonn/Rhineprovince, Germany)
Date of death:
February 26th, 1965 (Bonn/Northrhine-Westphalia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Maximilian Hünten entered the army in 1914. In 1920 he transferred to the Polizei, where he stayed until the Polizie was added to the Reichsheer.

After that he served with III. / infanterie-regiment 86, Infanterie-Regiment 515, Infanterie-Regiment 574, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114, as Führer 39. Infanterie-Division, as Kampfkommandant Rowno and as Festungskommandant Saint Nazaire.

Promotions:
01.04.1914: entered the Heer;
01.10.1914: Gefreiter;
01.11.1914: Unteroffizier;
27.01.1915: Vizefeldwebel;
22.03.1915: Leutnant d.R.;
18.05.1916: Leutnant;
28.10.1919: Polizei-Oberleutnant;
31.01.1920: Oberleutnant;
13.07.1921: Polizei-Hauptmann;
23.03.1932: Polizei-Major;
16.03.1936: Major;
01.08.1937: Oberstleutnant (45);
01.07.1940: Oberst (17);
01.01.1944: Generalmajor (10).

Career:
01.09.1939: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 86;
06.02.1940: Kdr. Inf.Regt.515;
15.11.1940: Kdr. Inf.Regt.574;
15.04.1943: Führer-Reserve OKH;
16.04.1943: Kdr. Pz.Gren.Rgt.114;
15.05.1943: mFb 39. Inf.Div.;
03.09.1943: Führer-Reserve OKH;
22.01.1944: Kampfkommandant von Rowno;
01.03.1944: Kdr. Festung St.Nazaire;
26.09.1944: Kampf-Kdt. St.Nazaire.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 23rd, 1944
Wehrmachtbericht
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kdr - Grenadier Regiment 114
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1943
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 16th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 18th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 22nd, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  1.Klasse, 25 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936

4. bis 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 27th, 1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 11th, 1918
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1917
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 6th, 1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

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