Generalleutnant Fritz Hengen Born: 28 Mar 1887 in Mannheim Died: 30 Apr 1988 in Bad D�rrheim Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (11 Nov 1905); F�hnrich (24 Feb 1906); Leutnant (08 Mar 1907); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1914); Hauptmann (27 Sep 1916); Major (04 Jun 1926); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1931); Oberst (01 May 1933); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1936); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1941) Career:
Entered Army Service (21 Jul 1905)
Fahnenjunker in the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (21 Jul 1905-01 Feb 1915)
Detached to the War-School Munich (01 Mar 1906-28 Feb 1907)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery & Engineer School (01 Oct 1909-00 Jul 1910)
Detached to the Military Riding School Munich (01 Oct 1913-01 Feb 1915)
Leader of 5th Battery of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1915-01 Mar 1917)
Transferred into the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1917-30 Apr 1917)
Leader of 5th Battery of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (30 Apr 1917-05 Nov 1917)
Leader of II. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Nov 1917-22 Feb 1918)
Leader of 5th Battery of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Feb 1918-04 Jun 1918)
Delegated with the Temporary Leadership of the 43rd Foot-Artillery-Battalion (04 Jun 1918-05 Aug 1918)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Aug 1918-24 Sep 1918)
Detached as Training-Officer to the 47th Hungarian Honved-Division (24 Sep 1918-18 Jan 1919)
Transferred back into the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jan 1919-15 Feb 1919)
On Leave (15 Feb 1919-15 May 1919)
Back with the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 May 1919-22 Apr 1919)
Assigned with the Volunteer-Field-Artillery-Battalion Marktsteft (22 Apr 1919-00 Jun 1919)
Transferred into the 23rd Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (00 Jun 1919-16 Sep 1920)
Chief of 6th Battery of the 23rd Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (16 Sep 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Chief of 3rd Battery of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Apr 1924)
Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1926)
Detached to the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1924-20 Feb 1925)
Detached to the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (15 Oct 1925-28 Feb 1926)
Transferred back into the 7th Artillery-Regiment & Detached to Pioneer-School (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred into the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Feb 1930)
Detached to Combat School Course in D�beritz (22 Oct 1929-30 Oct 1929)
Transferred into the Staff of I. Battalion of the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1930-01 Feb 1931)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Detached to Firing Course for Artillery Officers in J�terbog (02 Oct 1931-29 Oct 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader I/Military-Region-Command Allenstein (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment Allenstein (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 11th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Nov 1936)
Artillery-Commander 1 (12 Nov 1936-01 Mar 1938)
Artillery-Commander 3 (01 Mar 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Officer with Special Duties of C-in-C Army (10 Nov 1938-01 Jan 1939)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Chemnitz (01 Jan 1939-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-12 May 1947)
Released (12 May 1947)
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