(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Wolfgang Bucher
Born: 15 Jul 1898 in Leipzig-Gohlis
Died: 19 Feb 1944 by Cherkassy, USSR (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (25 Feb 1916); Leutnant (08 Mar 1917); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1933); Major (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Oct 1941); Generalmajor (nachträlich) (20 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (25 Feb 1916)
Fähnrich in the 107th Infantry-Regiment, Platoon and Temporary-Company-Leader (25 Feb 1916-01 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 107th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1919-25 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 2nd Border-Jäger-Regiment (25 Oct 1919-15 May 1920)
Transferred into the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1932)
To the Disposal of the Chief of the Army Command (Officer-Courses), Transferred into the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1935)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader V (01 Oct 1935-07 Mar 1936)
With the General-Staff of the 25th Division (07 Mar 1936-01 Oct 1936)
Company-Chief in the 119th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-01 Apr 1937)
Chief of Operations (Ia) with the General-Staff of the 11th Division (01 Apr 1937-01 Sep 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) with the General-Staff of the I. Army-Corps (01 Sep 1939-25 Sep 1940)
Senior-Quartermaster of the 18th Army (25 Sep 1940-01 Mar 1942)
Senior-Quartermaster of Army-Group North (01 Mar 1942-15 Dec 1943)
Commander of the 417th Infantry-Regiment (15 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1944)
Killed-in-Action (19 Feb 1944)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 23.02.1944 als Oberst und Komm. Infanterie-Regiment 417
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 15.02.1943 als Oberst und Oberquartiermeister der Heeresgruppe Nord
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Ritterkreuz II Klasse des kgl. Sächs. Albrecht-Ordens mit Schwertern
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
- - Kriegsverdienstkreuz II Klasse mit Schwertern
- - Kriegsverdienstkreuz I Klasse mit Schwertern
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”


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