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PERSONALIA |
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Name: |
Roman, Freiherr von, Rudolf |
Date of birth: | November 19th, 1893 (Bayreuth/Bavaria, Germany)
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Date of death: |
February 18th, 1970 (Schernau-Dettelbach/Bavaria, Germany)
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Nationality: |
German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Promotions:
1st August 1912: Fahnenjunker;
1st August 1914: Leutnant (Patent 30th October 1912);
?: Oberleutnant;
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?: Major;
1st August 1936: Oberstleutnant;
1st March 1939: Oberst;
1st September 1941: Generalmajor;
1st October 1942: Generalleutnant;
1st November 1942: General der Artillerie.
Career:
1st August 1912: Entered service as Fahnenjunker;
1st August 1914: Commissioned/assigned to bayr.6.Feld-Artillerie-Regiment;
1st January 1937: Assigned to OKH;
1st September 1939: Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 10;
23rd September 1939: Assigned to OKH;
17th November 1939: Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 17;
15th November 1940: Arko 3;
1st December 1941: Kommandeur 35.Infanterie-Division;
10th September 1942 - April 1945: Kommandierender General XX.Armee-Korps.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Generalmajor
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Unit:
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Artillerie-Kommandeur 3
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Awarded on:
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December 19th, 1941
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Details:
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Award 33/21.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Generalmajor
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 35.Infanterie-Division / V.Armee-Korps / 4.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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February 19th, 1942
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Details:
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877th Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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General der Artillerie
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Unit:
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Kommandierender General XX.Armee-Korps / 2.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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October 28th, 1943
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Details:
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313th Award.
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Picture source: |
- Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
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Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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