Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Walther Koch Born: 29 Apr 1894 in Kassel Died: 18 Aug 1978 in Immenhausen Diploma in Engineering: 13 Jul 1926 Promotions:
F�hnrich (20 Nov 1913); Leutnant (05 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Dec 1917); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1926); Major (01 Jun 1931); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1936); Oberst (01 Jun 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Mar 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 8th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (11 Mar 1913-1914)
Battery-Officer & Battery-Leader (1914-1918)
Detached to Foot Artillery Firing School (1919-22 Nov 1919)
Transferred into the 4th Light Artillery-Regiment (22 Nov 1919-06 Jan 1920)
Transferred into the 8th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (06 Jan 1920-14 Apr 1920)
Transferred into the 15th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (14 Apr 1920-15 Apr 1921)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (15 Apr 1921-01 Apr 1927)
Detached to Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1921-23 Aug 1926)
Battery-Chief in the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1927-09 Dec 1930)
Advisor in the Procurement-Department with the Chief of Artillery-Development-Department, RWM then RKM (09 Dec 1930-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 50th Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Office-Group-Chief Wa Pr�f, OKH (10 Nov 1938-12 Aug 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 158th Artillery-Regiment (12 Aug 1941-15 Dec 1941)
Office-Group-Chief Wa Pr�f, OKH (15 Dec 1941-01 Sep 1943)
Artillery-Commander 103 (01 Sep 1943-04 Oct 1943)
Artillery-Commander 187 (04 Oct 1943-09 Feb 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, Special Task with the Material-Tests-Office in Berlin-Dahlem (09 Feb 1944-14 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (14 Apr 1945-02 Apr 1947)
Released (02 Apr 1947)
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