Lieutenant-General
* 28th of November 1898
† 17th of July 1943
| 1938-06-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-07-01 | Colonel |
| 1943-05-01 | Major-General |
| 1943-08-10 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1938-02-01 | – | 1939-04-01 | Chief of Operations (Ia), 1st Panzer Division |
| 1939-04-01 | – | 1939-08-26 | Attached to Group Command 6 |
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1939-10-20 | Chief of Operations (Ia), 253rd Infantry Division |
| 1939-10-25 | – | 1940-09-11 | Chief of Operations (Ia), II Corps |
| 1940-09-12 | – | 1940-11-16 | Chief of Staff, XV Corps (motorised) |
| 1941-02-15 | – | 1942-05-13 | Chief of Staff, Panzer Group 3 |
| 1942-07-01 | – | 1943-02-07 | Commanding Officer 11th Panzer Regiment |
| 1943-02-07 | – | 1943-05-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding 6th Panzer Division |
| 1943-05-01 | – | 1943-07-14 | General Officer Commanding 6th Panzer Division |
| 1943-07-14 | – | 1943-07-17 | Severely wounded and hospitalised |
| 1943-07-17 | Died of his wounds |