Generalleutnant Walter Witting Born: 24 Jul 1879 in Kolberg Died: ?? ??? 1948 in Camp Buchenwald Promotions:
Unteroffizier (05 Mar 1898); F�hnrich (21 Apr 1898); Leutnant (27 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1909); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1912); Major (28 Dec 1916); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (31 Mar 1922); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1941)Career:
Entered the Army (07 Sep 1897)
Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 128th Infantry-Regiment (07 Sep 1897-31 Mar 1910)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1906-20 Jul 1909)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1910-31 Mar 1914)
In the General-Staff of the General-Inspector for Military Transport Matters (01 Apr 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of the IX. Reserve-Corps (02 Aug 1914-08 Mar 1915)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 7th Infantry-Division (09 Mar 1915-08 May 1915)
Intelligence Officer (Ic) in the General-Staff of the 5th Army (09 May 1915-24 Nov 1916)
Intelligence Officer (Ic) in the General-Staff of Army-Group Deutscher Kronprinz (25 Nov 1916-19 Mar 1917)
Taken ill - � la suite of Army (20 Mar 1917-31 May 1917)
Plenipotentiary of the Chief of Field Railway Matters for Romania in Bucharest (01 Jun 1917-11 Apr 1918)
For Special Duties of the Chief of Signals Matters (12 Apr 1918-28 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the 128th Infantry-Regiment (28 Nov 1918-03 Dec 1918)
With the Processing-Office of the Grand General Staff (04 Dec 1918-06 Jan 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with Group-Command 1 (07 Jan 1919-10 Nov 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with Military-District-Command III then with the 3rd Division (11 Nov 1919-31 Mar 1922)
Retired (31 Mar 1922)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Luftwaffe) (04 May 1934); Territorial-Officer (30 Nov 1934); Supplemental-Officer (01 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jan 1939)
Director of Group LC III/5 - Military-Economy of the Central Raw Material Station, RLM (04 May 1934-30 Sep 1937)
Acting Inspector of Military Economics Inspection IV, Dresden (01 Oct 1937-30 Oct 1937)
Military-Economics-Inspector IV, Dresden (01 Nov 1937-30 Sep 1940)
Inspector for Raw Materials, RLM (01 Oct 1940-31 Jan 1941)
Retired and Placed to Disposal (31 Oct 1940)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe, Detached to OKW/Military Economics and Armaments Office (01 Feb 1941-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
In Soviet Captivity (06 Nov 1945-1948)
Died in Captivity (sometime in 1948)
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