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Years of service
  
1911-1945


Name
  
Jozsef Heszlenyi

Jozsef Heszlenyi

Born
  
24 July 1890 Iglo, Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary now Spisska Nova Ves, Kosice Region, Slovakia (
1890-07-24
)

Died
  
2 June 1945 (1945-06-03) (aged 54) Zwettl, Lower Austria, Allied-occupied Austria

Buried at
  
German War Cemetery in Allentsteig, Lower Austria

Allegiance
  
Austria-Hungary (to 1918) Kingdom of Hungary

Service/branch
  
Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army

Rank
  
Vezerezredes (Colonel General)

József Vitéz Heszlényi (Heyszl; 24 July 1890, Igló, Szepes (county) – 2 June 1945) was a Hungarian General during World War II and commander of the 3rd Hungarian Army.

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On May 8, 1945 Heszlényi, along with his son József Heszlényi Jr., who served on the staff of his father, were captured by American troops. Heszlényi was then handed over to the Soviets, where he committed suicide by cutting his wrists with a razor blade on June 2, 1945 in Zwettl, Austria. On June 19, 1945 a military tribunal posthumously demoted and dishonorably discharged Heszlényi from the Hungarian Army.

Military career

  • Commanding Officer 23rd Infantry Brigade, November 1938 - 1 March 1940
  • Commanding Officer 2nd Motorized Brigade, 1 March 1940 - 1 November 1940
  • Deputy Chief of Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defense, 1 November 1940 - 1 May 1941
  • Chief of Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defense (HM/III), 1 May 1941 - 1 May 1942
  • Chief of Main Supply Bureau, Ministry of Defense, 1 May 1942 - December 1942
  • G.O.C. IV. Army Corps, December 1942 - September 1944
  • Acting Commander-in-Chief, 3rd Army

    • Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (28 October 1944)

    • References

    József Heszlényi Wikipedia
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