(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans-Joachim Fouquet
Born: 07 Apr 1895 in Braunschweig
Died: 17 Feb 1944 in the USSR (KIA)
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 May 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1932); Major (01 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (nachträglich) (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (31 Jul 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 37th Field-Artillery-Regiment (31 Jul 1914-1914)
Platoon and Battery Leader and Adjutant (1914-1918)
Adjutant of the Command of Flak with Army-High-Command 2 (1919-1920)
Retired (1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Oct 1922)
Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-01 Feb 1924)
Platoon-Leader in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1924-01 Apr 1932)
Battery-Chief in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Battery-Chief in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1934-01 Apr 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 36th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1936-01 Apr 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 67th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1939-22 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 223rd Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1940-24 Dec 1942)
Artillery-Commander 113 (24 Dec 1942-10 Jun 1943)
Artillery-Commander 107 (10 Jun 1943-02 Nov 1943)
Commander of Division-Group 112 (02 Nov 1943-01 Feb 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of Corps-Detachment B (with XXXXIII. Army-Corps) (01 Feb 1944-17 Feb 1944)
Severely Wounded and in Soviet Captivity, died the same day (17 Feb 1944)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (14 Feb 1944)


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