Lieutenant-General
* 6th of February 1900
† 6th of March 1945
| 1939-11-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-02-15 | Colonel |
| 1943-09-08 | Major-General |
| 1945-03-01 | Lieutenant-General (Posthumously) |
| 1939-10-01 | – | 1940-02-05 | Chief of Operations (Ia), 8th Panzer Division |
| 1940-02-05 | – | 1940-11-16 | Chief of Operations (Ia), XV Corps |
| 1940-11-16 | – | 1941-02-01 | Chief of Operations (Ia), Panzer Group 3 |
| 1941-02-01 | – | 1941-02-15 | Unemployed |
| 1941-02-15 | – | 1943-01-20 | Chief of Staff, LVI Panzer Corps |
| 1943-01-20 | – | 1943-01-30 | Unemployed |
| 1943-01-30 | – | 1943-10-01 | Chief of Staff, 9th Army |
| 1943-10-01 | – | 1943-11-01 | Unemployed |
| 1943-11-01 | – | 1943-11-15 | Chief of Staff, 17th Army |
| 1943-11-15 | – | 1944-02-15 | Unemployed |
| 1944-02-15 | – | 1944-09-21 | Chief of Operations (Ia), Course for Higher Troop Leaders |
| 1944-09-21 | – | 1945-01-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding 9th Panzer Division |
| 1945-01-01 | – | 1945-03-06 | General Officer Commanding 9th Panzer Division |
| 1945-03-06 | Killed in Action |