Hansen, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 554)
- Date of birth:
- June 8th, 1895 (Rixdorf, Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 2nd, 1969 (Bad Schwartau/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
12.02.1916: Leutnant
27.09.1920: Charakter als Oberleutnant
01.07.1934: Hauptmann - RDA 01.10.1933 (59)
01.01.1938: Major (45)
01.03.1941: Oberstleutnant (34)
01.09.1942: Oberst (17)
Career:
08.08.1914: Ersatz-Bataillon, Garde-Grenadier-Regiment 4
12.10.1914: Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 202
00.00.1916: Infanterie-Regiment 85
24.02.1917: Zugführer, 8. / Ersatz-Bataillon, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 202
08.05.1917: Führer, Minenwerfer-Kompanie, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 202
04.07.1918: British POW
21.11.1919: released - Ersatz-Bataillon, Garde-Grenadier-Regiment 5
03.02.1920: Infanterie-Regiment 85
31.03.1920: demobilized
01.07.1934: Hauptmann, recalled, 16. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 2 , Rastenburg
01.10.1934: Chef, 6. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 23, Rastenburg
06.10.1936: Hauptmann, Chef, 8. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 23, Rastenburg
01.01.1938: Major, Kommandantur, Truppenübungsplatz Arys
14.09.1939: Major, Generalstab, I. Armee-Korps
15.08.1940: Major, Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 23,11. Infanterie-Division
00.03.1941: Oberstleutnant, Führerreserve, Wehrkreis I
20.02.1942: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 555, 330. Infanterie-Division
20.10.1943: Oberst, Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 554, 330. Infanterie-Division
25.01.1945: Oberst, Führerreserve, OKH (I)
13.02.1945-15.03.1945: Oberst, 17. Divisionsführerlehrgang
15.04.1945: Oberst, stellvertret. Führer, 168. Infanterie-Division
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 28th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Grenadier-Regiment 555, 330. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- February 7th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 554, 342. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- October 16th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
- - 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
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
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