Date of birth:

January 8th, 1918 (Beuerbach, Hünstetten, Hesse, north of Frankfurt, Germany)

Date of death:

January 9th, 2002 (Hünstetten, Hesse, north of Frankfurt, Germany)

Nationality:

German

After the mandatory service in the RAD Kayser voluntarily joined the Heer in 1937 at the age of 19.
He served in the 6th and 14th (Anti-Tank) Company of Infantry Regiment 111.
After the beginning of the war, the regiment initially fought at the Western Front. It is possible that this is where Kayser first saw action. At some point he was transferred to Grenadier Regiment 390, stationed at the northern part of the Eastern Front.
Kayser was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on April 2nd, 1942, possibly during the battles at the Volkhov river.
The Iron Cross 1st Class followed on March 13, 1943, possibly in the vicinity of Leningrad.
Kayser was wounded (presumably) in April of 1944 while commanding the 6th Company of Grenadier Regiment 390.
03rd May 1944: Promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve RDA 01.03.1944
20 May 1944, Kayser made it back to his unit.
He was awarded the German Cross in Gold on September 2nd, 1944, "for repeated acts of bravery on the battlefields between Leningrad and Pskov, at Daugavpils (Latvia) and Biržai (Lithuania)".
His final known decoration was the Close Combat Clasp in Gold, which he was awarded on April 12, 1945 in the rank of Hauptmann (Captain), presumably fighting defensive battles in modern day Poland.

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• Photo 1: (Public Domain)
• Photo: https://www.emedals.com/the-wartime-photo-album-documents-to-dkig-gold-ccc-recipient-oberleutnant-kayser
• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht.
  - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.