(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Alfred Baentsch
Born: 05 Feb 1894 in Mägdesprung, District Ballenstedt
Died: 31 Jan 1943 by Voronezh, USSR
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (20 Jan 1915); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Jul 1915); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1915); Leutnant (16 Jan 1916); Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1923); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1928); Major (01 Nov 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1937); Oberst (01 Dec 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (04 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 26th Infantry-Regiment (04 Aug 1914-20 Sep 1914)
War Volunteer in the 217th Infantry-Regiment (20 Sep 1914-18 Jan 1915)
Wounded, Hospital (18 Jan 1915-22 Apr 1915)
Fahnenjunker in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (22 Apr 1915-16 Jan 1916)
Fahnenjunker-Course in Döberitz (28 Jun 1915-21 Aug 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (16 Jan 1916-07 Jul 1916)
Wounded and then transferred into the Recruitment-Depot of the 50th Infantry-Division (07 Jul 1916-21 Oct 1916)
Platoon-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (21 Oct 1916-27 Oct 1916)
Company-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (27 Oct 1916-26 Dec 1916)
Platoon-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (26 Dec 1916-01 Feb 1917)
Detached to Company-Leader-Course of the 50th Infantry-Division (01 Jan 1917-01 Feb 1917)
Company-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1917-17 Apr 1917)
Wounded, Hospital (17 Apr 1917-24 Jul 1917)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 158th Infantry-Regiment (24 Jul 1917-26 Sep 1917)
Company-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (26 Sep 1917-20 Mar 1918)
Wounded, Hospital (20 Mar 1918-24 Apr 1918)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (24 Apr 1918-29 Jun 1918)
Company-Leader in the 158th Infantry-Regiment (29 Jun 1918-26 Feb 1919)
Company-Leader in the Volunteer-Battalion Paderborn, Freikorps Gabcke (26 Feb 1919-13 Sep 1919)
Transferred into the 14th Infantry-Regiment (13 Sep 1919-04 Oct 1919)
Court-Officer of the III. Battalion of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (04 Oct 1919-21 May 1920)
Company-Leader in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (21 May 1920-04 Sep 1920)
Placed to the disposal of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (04 Sep 1920-08 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the 17th Infantry-Regiment (08 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1927)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1929)
With the Staff of the Command-Office Berlin (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Transport-Officer and Ia op with the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Company-Chief in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Battalion-Commander in Infantry-Regiment Brauschweig (01 Oct 1934-01 Aug 1935)
Instructor at the War Academy (01 Aug 1935-01 Aug 1938)
Advisor and Group-Director in the 7th Department of the Army General Staff (01 Aug 1938-01 Jul 1939)
Chief of the 7th Department of the Army General Staff (01 Jul 1939-23 Aug 1939)
Quartermaster of Army-Group C (23 Aug 1939-01 Nov 1939)
Quartermaster of the 2nd Army (01 Nov 1939-04 Mar 1940)
Führer-Reserve OKH (04 Mar 1940-29 Jun 1940)
With the Staff of the Military-Commander Belgium-North France (29 Jun 1940-20 Oct 1940)
With the Staff of the General-Quartermaster, Army General Staff (20 Oct 1940-01 Nov 1940)
Chief of the Army Affairs Department, Army General Staff (01 Nov 1940-01 Jun 1942)
Führer-Reserve (01 Jun 1942-06 Jul 1942)
Commander of the 82nd Infantry-Division (06 Jul 1942-27 Jan 1943)
Severely wounded multiple times at Voronezh and died soon afterwards (27 Jan 1943)
Professed Dead (31 Jan 1943)

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