Wilhelm Beuttel

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Wilhelm Beuttel
Born	22 July 1901 Mannheim
Died	24 March 1945(1945-03-24) (aged 43) Lütkenfürst, East Prussia
Buried at	German War Cemetery Königsberg / Kaliningrad
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1934 - 1945
Rank	Major der Reserve
Commands held	II./Grenadier-Regiment 45
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive Riga Offensive (1944) East Prussian Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Beuttel (22 July 1901 – 24 March 1945) was a highly decorated Major der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Wilhelm Beuttel was killed on 24 March 1945 in Lütkenfürst, East Prussia in the Heiligenbeil Pocket.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (7 October 1939)
- 1st Class (24 September 1940)
Infantry Assault Badge
Eastern Front Medal
Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze
Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (17 March 1944)
German Cross in Gold (27 November 1944)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 March 1945 as Major der Reserve and commander of II./Grenadier-Regiment 45^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 112.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 21st Infantry Division

Stab	Hermann Foertsch Heinrich Götz¹ (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Matzky Otto Sponheimer

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 3	Anton Dicke Herbert Engbrecht Wilhelm Gaißer Alfred Hermann Kurt Hilgendorff David Kalkgruber Claus von Kursell Ernst Kutschkau (Oak Leaves) Waldemar Lehmann Fritz Lemke Wilhelm Morawietz Heinz Mothes Karl Sawatzki Siegfried Schaper Joachim Schwanitz Herbert Schwender² (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 24	Josef-Hubert Adrian Karl Arning August Dempke Wilhelm Fischer Conrad-Oskar Heinrichs Hennig-Tile von Kalm Wilhelm Moser Emil Schareina Josef Weiß

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 45	Wilhelm Beuttel Otto Iwannek Hans-Joachim Kappis (Oak Leaves) Karl-Heinz Knollmann Helmut Kroeg Gotthard Kummer Wolfgang von Malotki Oskar Marchel Werner Pauls Karl Radermacher Derfflinger von Reuter Franz Rogalski³ (Oak Leaves) Erich Rudnick Herbert Schwender² (Oak Leaves) Helmut Schwill

Artillerie-Regiment 21	Wolfgang Henger

Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 21	Otto Sawatzki

¹ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 466 ² Knight's Cross with Grenadier-Regiment 3, Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 45 ³ Knight's Cross with Sturm-Bataillon AOK 8

Persondata
Name	Beutell, Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	22 July 1901
Place of birth	Mannheim, Germany
Date of death	24 March 1945
Place of death	Lütkenfürst, East Prussia

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