(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Erich Walther
Born: 05 Aug 1903 in Garden, District Liebenwerda, Saxony (Sachsen)
Died: 26 Dec 1947 in Buchenwald, Thuringia (Thüringen)
Promotions:
Polizei-Wachtmeister (01 Jul 1925); Polizei-Leutnant (16 Jun 1928); Polizei-Oberleutnant (21 Mar 1933); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1935); Major (19 Jun 1940); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1942); Oberst (20 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (30 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Police (01 Apr 1924)
Police-Aspirant in Berlin (01 Apr 1924-15 Jun 1928)
With the Police-Administration in Oppeln then Berlin (16 Jun 1928-24 Feb 1933)
Platoon-Leader in Special-Purpose-Police-Detachment Wecke (25 Feb 1933-31 May 1933)
Platoon-Leader in Special-Purpose-Police-Group Wecke (01 Jun 1933-16 Jul 1933)
Platoon-Leader in Special-Purpose-State-Police-Group Wecke (17 Jul 1933-11 Jan 1934)
Platoon-Leader in State-Police-Group 'General Göring' (12 Jan 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the I. (Jäger) Battalion of Luftwaffe-Regiment 'General Göring' (01 Jan 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Company-Chief in the IV. (Paratroop) Battalion of Luftwaffe-Regiment 'General Göring' (01 Oct 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Company-Chief in the I. Battalion of the 1st Paratrooper-Regiment (01 Apr 1938-31 Mar 1939)
With the Inspection of Parachute-Troops/L In 11/RLM (01 Apr 1939-09 Nov 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 1st Paratrooper-Regiment (10 Nov 1939-22 Apr 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKL (22 Apr 1942-16 Sep 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 4th Paratrooper-Regiment (17 Sep 1942-31 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 4th Paratrooper-Regiment, on September 1944 also Leader of Division-Battle-Group Walther (01 Apr 1943-23 Sep 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 2nd Parachute-Panzer-Grenadier-Division 'Hermann Göring' (24 Sep 1944-29 Jan 1945)
Commander of the 2nd Parachute-Panzer-Grenadier-Division 'Hermann Göring' (30 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-26 Dec 1947)
Died in Soviet Captivity (26 Dec 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (39): am 24.05.1940 als Hauptmann und Kommandeur I. Bataillon/ Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 1
- Eichenlaub (411): am 02.03.1944 als Oberst und Kommandeur Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 4
- Schwerter (131): am 01.02.1945 als Oberst und Führer Fallschirm-Panzer-Grenadier-Division 2 “Hermann Göring”
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 13.04.1942 als Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur I. Bataillon/ Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 1
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Fallschirmschützen-Abzeichen
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”
- 1939 EK II: 18.04.1940
- 1939 EK I: 26.04.1940
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
- Narvikschild
- Ärmelband “Kreta”


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