(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Adolf Lechner
Born: 07 Dec 1884 in Colmar, Alsace (Elsaß)
Died: 29 Jan 1943 near Voronezh, USSR (Killed)
Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Apr 1906); Unteroffizier (01 Jul 1906); Fähnrich (22 Dec 1906); Leutnant (20 Jul 1908); Oberleutnant (30 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (17 Jan 1917); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Oct 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Jun 1929); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1934); Polizei-Oberst (01 Aug 1935); Oberst (15 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1905)
One Year Volunteer in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1905-01 Oct 1906)
Fahnenjunker in the 10th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1906-16 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 10th Bavarian Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Aug 1914-06 Jul 1915)
Battery-Leader in the 10th Bavarian Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Jul 1915-22 Dec 1918)
Transferred to II. Battalion of the 10th Bavarian Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Dec 1918-19 May 1919)
Battery-Leader in Defence-Regiment München (Freikorps) (19 May 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Retired (30 Sep 1919)
Entered Police Service (01 Oct 1919)
With the State Police Defence Bavarian, Leader of the 1st Technical Unit of Police-Defence Munich (01 Oct 1919-25 Nov 1920)
Leader of the 6th Unit with the State-Police Munich (25 Nov 1920-01 Oct 1923)
Leader of the 6th Unit with the State-Police Munich-Centre (01 Oct 1923-17 Nov 1926)
Detached to the 7th Artillery-Regiment at Grafenwöhr (16 May 1925-15 Jun 1925)
Transferred to Police-Section-Command I (17 Nov 1926-01 Oct 1929)
Advisor in Department B 1 in the Command of the State Police Munich (01 Oct 1929-01 May 1934)
At the same time, Liaison-Officer to the Government in Upper Bavaria (15 Apr 1933-30 Apr 1933)
Commander of Section I of the State Police Munich (01 May 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander of the State Police Nuremberg (01 Oct 1934-01 Jul 1935)
Detached to High Mountain Exercise with II. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment München in Oberammergau (27 May 1935-07 Jun 1935)
Detached to Artillery-Regiment Nürnberg (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Assigned to the Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Detached to Firing-Course for Artillery-Officers in Jüterbog (21 Jul 1936-19 Aug 1936)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 10th Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 10th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1937-12 Jun 1939)
Artillery-Commander of the General-Command of Border-Troops Saarpfalz (12 Jun 1939-16 Sep 1939)
Artillery-Commander XXIV (16 Sep 1939-01 Apr 1941)
Artillery-Commander 112 (01 Apr 1941-01 Feb 1942)
Higher Artillery Commander 308 (01 Feb 1942-15 Dec 1942)
Commander of the 377th Infantry-Division (15 Dec 1942-29 Jan 1943)
Missing near Voronezh (29 Jan 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (09 Apr 1943)


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