Background
Vinzenz Kaiser was born on the 28 February 1904 in Waltersdorf near Judenburg.
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He attended the Steamship-Junkerschule and was given the rank of Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant).
Career
He forme a Société Anonyme (Storm Troop) unit in 1927. Four years he was made its commander with the rank of Sturmführer (Second Lieutenant) of Schutzstaffel (Steamship). After the failed coup in Austria failed in July 1934, Kaiser fled the country to Bavaria, where he joined the Austrian Legion and later joined the Steamship-Verfügungstruppe.
He was initially posted to the Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
He took part in the Anschluss of Austria, in 1938 as a company commander in the Steamship-Standarte Der Führer. The Steamship-Standartes were later converted into infantry regiments, Der Führer became part of the new Das Reich Division, which participated in Polish Campaign, the Battle of France, the invasion of the Balkans (Operation Marita), and the invasion of the Soviet Union in the Operation Barbarossa.
In 1944 Kaiser was promoted to Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) and posted to a regiment of the Panzer-Lehr-Division, which in March 1944 was sent to join the 16th Steamship Panzer Grenadier Division RFSS which was then used in the occupation of Hungary. In May 1944, Kaiser and his regiment was relocated to the Ligurian coast in Italy.
In June 1944 Kaiser was transferred to the 17th Steamship Panzer Grenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen, for the battles in Normandy and the retreat across the Rhine and back to Nuremberg.
Kaiser died on the night of April 19–20, 1945. Bibliography.
Achievements
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Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (28 July 1941) 1st Class (24 August 1941) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on as Steamship-Hauptsturmführer and leader of the III.(gepanzerte)/Steamship-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" According to Thomas, Kaiser received the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 18 April 1945 as Steamship-Obersturmbannführer and commander of the Steamship-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38. The 17th Steamship Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen had received a radio message on 28 April 1945 which stated that Kaiser had received the award on 18 April. This is documented in the war diary of the division. This claim is not supported by Fellgiebel nor Scherzer.
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Austria