Alois Weber (general)

Alois Weber

Born	26 July 1903
Died	19 June 1976(1976-06-19) (aged 72)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	78th Infantry Division 362nd Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Alois Weber (26 July 1903 – 19 June 1976) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (28 September 1939) &1st Class (28 November 1939)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 26 November 1941 as Major and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 19^[2]
- 579th Oak Leaves on 10 September 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 61^[3]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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.
Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Infanterie Siegfried Rasp	Commander of 78th Grenadier Division 23 September 1944 – 9 October 1944	Succeeded by Renamed 78th Volksgrenadier Division
Preceded by Previously 78th Grenadier Division	*Commander of 78th Volksgrenadier* Division** 9 October 1944 – 1 December 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Harald von Hirschfeld
Preceded by Generalmajor Max Reinwald	Commander of 362nd Infantry Division February 1945 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 7th Infantry Division
Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz Fritz-Georg von Rappard (Oak Leaves) Max Reinwald (Oak Leaves) Alois Weber (Oak Leaves)

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