Wilhelm Beck
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| Born | 22 December 1919 Bitz, Germany |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Caen, France |
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| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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 Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1936–44 |
| Rank | Hauptsturmführer |
| Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend |
| Commands held | Battery, Sturmgeschütz Battalion 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd Company, 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd Company, 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Panzer Assault Badge Eastern Front Medal Wound Badge- Silver |
Wilhelm Beck (22 December 1919 – 10 June 1944) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He was born on the 22 December 1919 at Bitz in Württemberg Germany. He enlisted in the SS and rose to the rank of Hauptsturmführer being awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
In 1940 Oberscharführer (Technical Sergeant) Beck served with Michael Wittmann in the LSSAH Sturmgeschütz Battery and by the time of Operation Barbarossa he had been promoted to Unterstrumführer (Second Lieutenant) and given command of a platoon in the Sturmgeschütz (self-propelled artillery/StuG) battery.[1] During the advance to the Black Sea at the port city of Kerson Beck engaged a Russian Gunboat and a Submarine[2] In 1942 the LSSAH Sturmgeschütz (StuG) unit was brought up to battalion strength and Beck was given command of one of the Batteries, the Battalion commander being Max Wünsche.[3]
Beck was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in the Third Battle of Kharkov, by this time he had been transferred to the II/Battalion of the SS Panzer Regiment 1 LSSAH, Beck and his unit destroyed more than 100 Soviet artillery pieces and over 10 T-34 tanks in 3 weeks of fighting.[4] In 1943 Beck was promoted to Hauptsturmfurher and assigned to 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, as 2nd Company Commander,[5] he was replaced by SS Ostuf Gaede when the Division was moved to France in 1944 and Beck was appointed as the Liaison officer between the LSSAH and 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, he was killed in a carpet bombing attack by Allied forces near Caen on the 10 June 1944.[6]
Wilhelm Beck is buried at the German Cemetery at La Cambe near Caen, France.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer and leader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[8][Note 1]
Notes
References
Citations
- ↑ Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.79
- ↑ Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.81
- ↑ Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.82
- ↑ The 12th SS By Hubert Meyer p.194
- ↑ SS Officer Personnel File, NARA
- ↑ Grenadiers By Kurt Meyer p.234
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Federl 2000, p. 25.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 125, 485.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 208.
Bibliography
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1Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. 2Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. 3Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. 4Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. 5Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 6Knight's with SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland" (2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich). 7Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 8Swords with the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
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