(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Clemens Betzel
Born: 09 Jun 1895 in Ulm, Danube (Donau)
Died: 27 Mar 1945 in Danzig (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Jan 1915); Leutnant (31 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant (11 Sep 1918); Hauptmann (01 May 1928); Major (01 Apr 1940); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1941); Oberst (01 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1944); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (06 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment, later Battery-Officer and Battery-Leader (06 Aug 1914-25 Aug 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 21st Artillery-Regiment (25 Aug 1919-13 Sep 1919)
Sports-Officer with the Staff of the 21st Artillery-Regiment (13 Sep 1919-27 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the 7th Transport-Battalion (27 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1926)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1930)
Retired from Army Service (30 Sep 1930)
1st Semester for National Economic Studies at the Technical College in Munich (01 Oct 1930-01 Apr 1931)
Civilian Army Employee (01 Apr 1931)
Landwehr-Officer with Military-District-Command VII, Military-Recruitment-Office Würzburg (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1933)
Retired (30 Sep 1933)
Joined the SA (01 Oct 1933)
Training-Leader in the Staff of SA-Standarte 79 – SA-Obersturmbannführer (01 Oct 1933-15 Aug 1939)
erhält das Recht zum Tragen der Uniform des Artillerie-Regiments 7 (30 Sep 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army (15 Aug 1939); Active-Officer (01 Apr 1941)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 93rd Artillery-Regiment (15 Aug 1939-07 Jan 1941)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 103rd Artillery-Regiment (07 Jan 1941-21 Nov 1941)
Commander of the 103rd Artillery-Regiment (21 Nov 1941-01 Mar 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Mar 1944-20 Mar 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 9th Panzer-Division (20 Mar 1944-01 May 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 4th Panzer-Division (01 May 1944-01 Jul 1944)
Commander of the 4th Panzer-Division (01 Jul 1944-01 Sep 1944)
Commander of the 529th Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1944-27 Mar 1945)
Killed-in-Action (27 Mar 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (3558): am 05.09.1944 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 4. Panzer-Division
- Eichenlaub (774): am 11.03.1945 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 4. Panzer-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (326/35): am 11.03.1943 als Oberst und Kommandeur Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 103
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- SA-Sportabzeichen in Bronze
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK I: 10.10.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 24.09.1939
- Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen in Silber des Heeres
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres (2133): am 19.09.1943 als Oberst
- Wehrmachtbericht: 03.11.1944


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