Otto von Etzel

Otto Franz Hermann Karl von Etzel ( born May 17, 1860 in Naumburg, † December 19, 1934 ) was a Prussian officer, last lieutenant general and military attaché.

Life

Otto was the son of Hermann von Etzel (1812-1883) and his wife wife Augusta, nee Koch ( 1833-1875 ). His brother was the future General of Cavalry Günther von Etzel.

Etzel came in 1880 in the Prussian army. As a protégé of the Chief of Staff, he was in 1902 as a major military attaché at the German Embassy in Washington DC sent, where he was responsible for the care of military-political relations of the German Empire to the United States. After his return to Germany he was again at the Great General Staff.

During World War II he commanded from August 28, 1916 the 206th Division on the Western Front. As a lieutenant general in 1919 he retired.

From its closed on November 25, 1912 They had two children, Joachim (* 1914) and Herbert (* 1919), produced.