Generalmajor Siegfried Kempf Born: 15 Mar 1896 in Potsdam Died: 23 Sep 1964 in Heidelberg Promotions:
F�hnrich (01 Aug 1914); Leutnant (05 Dec 1914); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1930); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Nov 1941); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Aug 1914)
F�hnrich, later Platoon-Leader, in the 529th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-00 May 1915)
Company-Leader in the 52nd Infantry-Regiment (00 May 1915-01 Oct 1919)
Ordinance-Officer of the 3rd Landessch�tzen-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-24 Feb 1922)
Transferred into the 3rd Signals-Battalion (24 Feb 1922-01 Oct 1925)
Adjutant of the 3rd Signals-Battalion (01 Oct 1925-1929)
With the Staff of Troop-Command 1 (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1932)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Signals-Battalion (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Advisor for Signals-Employment with the Inspection of Motorised Combat Troops (01 Oct 1934-01 Jun 1935)
Commander of the 39th Panzer-Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1935-01 Aug 1939)
Department-Chief Wehrmacht-Communications (WNV), OKW (01 Aug 1939-01 Nov 1943)
Army-Signals-Leader of the 16th Army (01 Nov 1943-10 Jan 1945)
Signals-Leader of Army-Group C & High-Command South-West (10 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-06 Mar 1948)
Released (06 Mar 1948)
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