Date of birth:

August 3rd, 1898 (Egeln-Wanzleben/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

June 12th, 1971 (Mittenwald/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
September 25th, 1917: Leutnant;
July 1st, 1920: Leutnant (RDA: -2-, Weimar);
April 1st, 1926: Oberleutnant (RDA -10-)
October 1st, 1933: Rittmeister (RDA -37-);
April 1st, 1937: Major (RDA -48a-);
January 1st, 1938: Major (RDA - 29-);
October 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant (RDA -12-);
April 1st, 1942: Oberst (RDA -482-).

Career:
April 6th, 1910 - August 5th, 1914: Kadettenanstalt Naumburg;
March 3rd, 1917: Fähnrichtprüfung;
April 1st, 1924: 4. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8, Namslau;
May 1st, 1925: 3. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8, Militsch;
May 1st, 1929: 1. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8;
May 1st, 1931: 3. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8;
May 1st, 1933: Ausbildungseskadron, Reiter-Regiment 8, Brieg;
October 1st, 1934: II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2, Ohrdruf;
October 15th, 1935: Panzer-Regiment 1, Erfurt;
October 7th, 1936: Chef, 8. Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 1;
October 12th, 1937: Stab, Panzer-Regiment 1;
November 10th, 1938: Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35;
January 1942: Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 7;
April 1942: Führerreserve OKH;
July 27th, 1942: Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 33;
February 26th, 1947: formal resignation Wehrmacht, denazification process.

Wilhelm Hochbaum was seriously wounded near Rshew on November 29th, 1942. At that moment he served as Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 33 with the rank of Oberst.

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  - Hochbaum, Wilhelm - Germany: All Eras: Signature Database - Gentleman's Military Interest Club
  
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Family Records
  - Verleihungsurkunde Panzerkampfabzeichen
  - Oberst Wilhelm Hochbaum - Axis History Forum
  - Soldaten im 2. Weltkrieg
  - The Drive on Moscow