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Klosterkemper, Bernhard (Generalmajor)

    Date of birth:
    April 17th, 1897 (Coesfeld/Westphalia, Germany)
    Date of death:
    July 19th, 1962 (Bremen/Bremen, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Promotions:
    August 15th, 1916: Fahnenjunker;
    February 10th, 1918: Leutnant;
    April 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant;
    April 1st, 1933: Hauptmann;
    October 1st, 1936: Major;
    April 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
    April 1st, 1942: Oberst;
    December 1st, 1944: Generalmajor.

    Career:
    August 15th, 1916: Infanterie-Regiment 789;
    ?: Zugführer, II. / Infanterie-Regiment 789;
    ?: Kompanieführer II. / Infanterie-Regiment 789;
    ?: Adjutant II. / Infanterie-Regiment 789;
    October 1st, 1919: Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 110;
    1920: Infanterie-Regiment 16;
    October 1st, 1928: Adjutant I. / Infanterie-Regiment 16;
    October 1st, 1931: Stab 2. Division;
    ?: Führergehilfen-Ausbildung;
    October 1st, 1933: Truppenamt;
    ?: Generalstab des Heeres;
    October 1st, 1936: Kompaniechef Infanterie-Regiment 92;
    December 1st, 1937: II. / Infanterie-Regiments 69;
    October 1st, 1938: Adjutant Generalkommando Eifel;
    ?: Adjutant XXIII. Armeekorps;
    September 25th, 1939: Kommandeur III. / Infanterie-Regiment 272;
    January 1st, 1941: Kommandeur II. / Infanterie-Regiment 271;
    April 4th, 1941: Führerreserve OKH;
    ?: Generalstab 7;
    1942: Generalstab XXIII. Armeekorps;
    November 11th, 1942: Führerreserve;
    January 1944: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 920;
    June 6th, 1944 - June 10th, 1944: mit der Führung beauftragt 91. Luftlande-Division;
    June 17th, 1944 - September 26th, 1944: Kommandeur Kampfgruppe 243. Infanterie-Division;
    ?: Führer Auffangstabes West;
    November 2nd, 1944: mit der Führung beauftragt 180. Infanterie-Division;
    December 1st, 1944 - May 8th, 1944: Kommandeur 180. Infanterie-Division;
    May 8th, 1945 - 1947: POW.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberst (Colonel)
    Unit:
    Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 920
    Awarded on:
    July 4th, 1944
    Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Awarded on:
    1934
    Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    with swords
    Kriegserinnerungsmedaille
    Awarded on:
    1939
    Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberst (Colonel)
    Unit:
    mit der Führung beauftragt 91. Luftlande-Division
    Awarded on:
    July 10th, 1944
    Wehrmachtbericht
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1942
    Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun komentajamerkki miekkoineen (SVR K mk)

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