Date of birth:

December 10th, 1895 (Kassel - Germany)

Date of death:

December 30th, 1984 (Burgstemmen)

Nationality:

German

Detlef Burghard Heinrich Georg Friedrich Otto Bock von Wülfingen

Promotions:
Fähnrich (10 Mar 1914);
Leutnant (23 Oct 1914);
Oberleutnant (20 Jun 1918);
Rittmeister (01 Nov 1927);
Major (01 Oct 1934);
Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1937);
Oberst (01 Jun 1940);
Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943).

Career:
Entered Army Service (10 Mar 1914)
Fähnrich in the 16th Dragoon-Regiment (10 Mar 1914-30 Nov 1914)
With the Staff of the 49th Reserve-Division (30 Nov 1914-29 Dec 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 98th Reserve-Infantry-Division (29 Dec 1914-01 Jun 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 213th Infantry-Brigade (01 Jun 1915-29 Feb 1916)
Company-Leader in the 232nd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (29 Feb 1916-24 Mar 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 221st Infantry-Brigade (24 Mar 1916-01 Jun 1916)
Squadron-Leader in the 16th Dragoon-Regiment (01 Jun 1916-05 Mar 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 187th Infantry-Division (05 Mar 1917-20 Jul 1918)
Detached to the 188th Infantry-Regiment (20 Jul 1918-08 Aug 1918)
Company-Leader in the 188th Infantry-Regiment (08 Aug 1918-09 Feb 1919)
Transferred back into the 16th Dragoon-Regiment (09 Feb 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 10th Reichswehr-Cavalry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-15 Mar 1920)
Transferred into the 13th Mounted-Regiment (15 Mar 1920-01 Oct 1927)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 13th Mounted-Regiment (15 Mar 1920-24 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 Dec 1928)
Squadron-Chief in the 7th Mounted-Regiment (01 Dec 1928-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 28th Signals-Battalion (15 Oct 1935-01 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 589th Army-Signals-Regiment (01 Mar 1940-20 Dec 1940)
Signals-Leader of the 17th Army (20 Dec 1940-01 Apr 1941)
Signals-Leader of the 15th Army (01 Apr 1941-25 Jun 1942)
Wehrmacht-Signals-Officer Budapest (25 Jun 1942-01 Feb 1943)
Commander of the 521st Army-Signals-Regiment (01 Feb 1943-14 Apr 1943)
Führer-Reserve (14 Apr 1943-01 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 311th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1943-24 Aug 1943)
Führer-Reserve (24 Aug 1943-15 Sep 1943)
Higher Wehrmacht Signals Leader with the German Army Mission in Romania (15 Sep 1943-01 Apr 1944)
Führer-Reserve (01 Apr 1944-01 Sep 1944)
Detached as Field Commandant to the Wehrmacht-Commander Belgium-North France (07 Aug 1944-01 Sep 1944)
Field Commandant 681 (01 Sep 1944-09 Sep 1944)
Captured in Lüttich, in captivity (09 Sep 1944-1947)
Released (1947)

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