Generalmajor Kurt Adam Born: 08 Jul 1897 in Stuttgart Died: 24 Jan 1973 in Munich(M�nchen) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (25 Feb 1916); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (17 Oct 1916); F�hnrich (23 Dec 1916); Leutnant (13 May 1917); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1932); Major (01 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (04 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Aug 1914-24 Sep 1914)
Retired due to illness (24 Sep 1914)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Aug 1915)
Fahnenjunker in the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1915-29 Apr 1916)
Transferred to the 4th Battery of the Regiment in the Field (29 Apr 1916-04 Feb 1919)
Detached to Field Artillery Firing School (02 Jan 1917-28 Feb 1917)
Detached to the 226th Flying-Battalion (21 Jul 1917-28 Jul 1917)
Detached to Balloon-Platoon 75 (19 Sep 1917-25 Sep 1917)
Court-Officer of the I. Battalion of the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Feb 1919-06 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Mar 1919-26 Apr 1919)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of Security-Battalion I, Cannstatt (26 Apr 1919-27 May 1919)
Transferred into the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (25 Jun 1919-20 Sep 1919)
Transferred into the Regiments-Staff of the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (20 Sep 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 5th Battery of the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Detached to Selection-Course for Instructors for Physical Training (01 Jun 1920-10 Jul 1920)
Detached to Course for Artillery Ranging Matters in J�terbog (20 Sep 1920-20 Dec 1920)
Transferred into the 8th Battery of the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Sep 1924)
Detached to Course for Artillery Weather Service (18 Oct 1922-15 Dec 1922)
Detached to Weapon School Course on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Ohrdruf (01 May 1924-15 Aug 1924)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1924-01 Oct 1929)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred into the 4th Artillery-Regiment, Detached to Command-Office Berlin and to Reinhardt-Course, Berlin (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to the RWM (01 Oct 1932-01 May 1933)
Advisor in the RWM/T1 (01 May 1933-21 May 1935)
Advisor in the RKM (21 May 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Advisor in the 1st Department of the Army General Staff (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 19th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Chief of Operations (Ia)in the Staff of the 35th Division (06 Oct 1936-15 Feb 1939)
Detached to the Staff of Command-Staff Upper Rhine (15 Feb 1939-01 Mar 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the Command of Border-Troops at Upper Rhine (01 Mar 1939-16 Sep 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XXV. Army-Corps (16 Sep 1939-10 Nov 1940)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General Staff of Army High Command 1 (10 Nov 1940-01 Oct 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of the XXV. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1941-20 Apr 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH - Detached to Course for Regimental Commanders of Infantry (20 Apr 1943-10 Jul 1943)
Detached to Army-Group South for use as a Replacement Regimental Leader (10 Jul 1943-15 Jul 1943)
Commander of the 687th Grenadier-Regiment (15 Jul 1943-15 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve Army-Group South, Detached to Represent Division Commander on Leave or ill (15 Jan 1944-10 Feb 1944)
Temporary Leader of the 111th Infantry-Division (10 Feb 1944-22 Apr 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (22 Apr 1944-01 Jun 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement V. Army-Corps (01 Jun 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-30 Jun 1947)
Released (30 Jun 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 16.01.1944 als Oberst und Komm. Grenadier-Regiment 687
- - 1939 EK I �S-
- - 1939 EK II �S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Kgl. W�rttembg. Goldene Milit�r-Verdienstmedaille
- - Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
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