Oberst Wilfried Beukemann (1899-1948)

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Oberst Wilfried Beukemann (1899-1948)

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Post by Rossano » 19 Aug 2014, 16:39

Hello experts,
who knows what happened to Ob. Wilfried Beukemann 05. - 07.44 ? His card reads :
"20.04.44 Fü.Res."
"22.07.44 Kdr. GR 360", but below it is added :
"18.07.44 vermisst"
So, does it mean that he was appointed to cdr. Gren.Rgt. 360 on 22.07.44 but he could never take over this new assignment as he was MIA already on 18.07. or is one date eventually wrong ? When MIA, was he still being in Fü.Res. or in which position ? But more important, was he really MIA (KIA or POW ?) or did he have later further assignments ?
Thanks for any help, Rossano

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Post by Heimatschuss » 23 Aug 2014, 08:59

Hello Rossano,

just to increase the confusion: How could he be posted to Grenadier-Regiment 360 in summer 1944? This regiment had already been disbanded in spring 1943. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /GR360.htm
Perhaps they meant Grenadier-Regiment 350 which was crushed in the Soviet summer offensive and disbanded Jul 28 1944?

'Beukemann' is an extremely rare family name. It appears to be a germanized version of West Frisian family name 'Beukema'. Currently there's just a single entry for 'Beukemann' in the german telephone book.

Like Generalleutnant Helmuth Beukemann and Knight's Cross Holder Lothar Beukemann Wilfried Beukemann graduated from
Wilhelm Gymnasium in Hamburg. In 1956 his former high school published a list of graduates fallen in WW II where Wilfried's name appears among the war dead (Wilhelm-Gymnasium, 1956, p.107). No details on his fate are provided though, even
the year of death is missing.

References:

Wilhelm Gymnasium, Hamburg (Ed.)
Wilhelm Gymnasium Hamburg 1881-1956.
Christians Verlag; Hamburg; 1956

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Post by Rossano » 23 Aug 2014, 09:32

Dear Torsten
It´s not so important to me whether Gren.Rgt.350 or Sich.Rgt.360 etc. since he never commanded it. If he really was MIA (KIA or POW ?) on 18.7.44 important would be to know whether he was by then still in the Fü.Res. or had 5-7.44 a new command. I hope that somebody has official data to clarify this matter. Thanks anyway.
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Oberst Wilfried Beukemann (1899-1944)

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Post by askropp » 30 Apr 2019, 20:47

*27.06.1899 Hamburg [?]
+22.07.1944 bei Brody / Galizien (vermißt) [?]

I assume he was a brother of Helmuth Beukemann?

xx.xx.192x Leutnant mit RDA vom 01.07.1920 (1)
01.04.1926 Oberleutnant (9)
01.10.1933 Hauptmann (36)
01.01.1938 Major (28)
01.09.1940 Oberstleutnant (16)
08.04.1942 Oberst mit RDA vom 01.04.1942 (447)

01.04.1924 in der 4. / Reiterregiment 5 (Stolp) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1925 in der 3. / Reiterregiment 5 (Stolp) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1926 im Stab des Reiterregiments 5 (Stolp) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1928 in der 13. (MW) / Infanterieregiment 12 (Halberstadt) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1933 im Stab des Infanterieregiments 12 (Halberstadt) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.04.1934 Chef der 7. / Infanterieregiment 12 (Quedlinburg) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
15.10.1935 Chef der 14. (PzAbw) / Infanterieregiment 12 (Halberstadt) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
12.10.1937 Chef der 14. (PzAbw) / Infanterieregiment 73 (Hannover)
01.05.1939 Lehrer an der Infanterieschule (Döberitz)
10.02.1940 Kommandeur des Maschinengewehrbataillons 11
01.11.1940 Kommandeur des Kradschützenbataillons 36
15.04.1941 Führerreserve OKH (III)
01.06.1941 Kommandeur des II. / Infanterieregiment 76
24.03.1942 Kommandeur des Infanterieregiments 553
12.04.1943 Führerreserve OKH (III)
25.04.1943 Kommandeur des Grenadierregiments 731
13.12.1943 Führerreserve OKH (XI)
15.01.1944 Kommandeur des Grenadierersatzregiments 246
01.04.1944 Führerreserve OKH (XI)
20.04.1944 Führerreserve OKH (HGr Nordukraine)
22.07.1944 Kommandeur des Sicherungsregiments 360

EK II
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse
Spange zum EK II
EK I
19.01.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold [?]

Beukemann was used as "Vertreter beurlaubter oder erkrankter Kommandeure" of HGr Nordukraine in the summer of 1944. When 454. Sicherungsdivision was trapped in the Kessel of Brody on 18 July 1944, he must already have been in command of Sicherungsregiment 360 (mstFb or mFb). The date of 18 July was probably used because there was no contact to the division after that. In fact, most of the division was destroyed during the breakout attempt in the night of 21/22 July. Beukemann was probably killed on this occasion. Another Karteikarte from T-78 R-917 says he went missing "Ende Juli".

P.S. Beukemann's predecessor Heinrich Tode went into the FR effective 30.06.1944. This could have been the point when Beukemann took over.
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Re: Ob. Wilfried Beukemann

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Post by graveland » 01 May 2019, 17:44

Thank you, askropp.

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 07 May 2023, 17:57

askropp wrote:
30 Apr 2019, 20:47


I assume he was a brother of Helmuth Beukemann?

Yes, they were. Both were sons of Dr. phil. Adolf Friedrich Wilhelm Beukemann and his wife Julie Justine Dora, nee Moeller.

Wilhelm Berthold Helmuth Beukemann (the later general) was born on 09.05.1894 in Eimsbüttel. He died 13.07.1981.

Ulrich Reinhold Helmuth Hildemar Wilfried Beukemann (the later colonel) was born on 27.06.1899 in Hamburg. He died in soviet captivity on 25.08.1948.
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Post by graveland » 07 May 2023, 18:57

Danke, Jürgen.

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