General of Artillery
* 6th of June 1891
† 12th of June 1944
| 1933-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1935-09-01 | Colonel |
| 1939-04-01 | Major-General |
| 1941-03-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-10-01 | General of Artillery |
| 1933-03-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery Regiment |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-10-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Artillery Regiment Münster |
| 1935-10-01 | – | 1935-10-15 | Attached to VIII Corps |
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1939-11-05 | Chief of Staff, VIII Corps |
| 1939-11-05 | – | 1940-12-10 | Chief of Staff, 18th Army |
| 1940-12-10 | – | 1941-06-26 | General Officer Commanding 101st Light Division |
| 1941-06-26 | – | 1942-03-15 | Wounded and convalescing |
| 1942-03-15 | – | 1942-09-28 | General Officer Commanding 337th Infantry Division |
| 1942-09-28 | – | 1942-11-12 | General Officer Commanding LXVI Reserve Corps |
| 1942-11-12 | – | 1943-08-01 | General Officer Commanding LXXXVII Corps |
| 1943-08-01 | – | 1944-06-12 | General Officer Commanding LXXXIV Corps, France |
| 1944-06-12 | Killed in Action |