Keil, Günther
- Date of birth:
- May 18th, 1898 (Halle an der Saale/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 17th, 1958 (Hamburg-St. Pauli)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Oberstleutnant der Reserve Hermann Hans Günther Keil
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve
Oberleutnant der Reserve
Hauptmann der Reserve
01st August 1942: Major der Reserve
01st November 1943: Oberstleutnant der Reserve
Career:
May 1929: Zollsupernumerar, Reichsfinanzverwaltung
WBK Rudolfstadt
1939: Zollinspektor
November 1942: Bataillonsführer, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 481, 256. Infanterie-Division
June 1943: Führerreserve, OKH, Wehrkreis X
June 1943: 8. Regiments-Führer-Lehrgang
July 1943: Führer, Grenadier-Regiment 919, 242. Infanterie-Division
November 1943: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 919, 709. Infanterie-Division, LXXXIV. Armee-Korps
June 1944: Führer, Kampfgruppe Keil, Cotentin peninsula, Normandy
July 1944: captured at Jobourg, La Hague - US POW
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant-colonel of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 919, 709. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1944
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