Date of birth:

April 17th, 1897 (Coesfeld/Westphalia, Germany)

Date of death:

July 19th, 1962 (Bremen/Bremen, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Lexikon der Wehrmacht