Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Alfred von Kleist
(1857 - 13.5.1921)
place of birth:  Magdeburg  (Prussian Saxony)


German lieutenant general who was the third son of Generalmajor August von Kleist. Von Kleist entered the Great War as brigade-level artillery commander and spent the next three years of the War commanding an infantry division. It was during this time that he became known as a soldier's soldier for his high energy and active concern for all his troops. He replaced General Eugen von Schmettow as commander of Generalkommando 58 during the War's final year. 

Von Kleist was married to a Prussian general Wilhelm Gevert's daughter Elisabeth, with whom he had one daughter, Marie. He died on 13 May 1921 in Branderburg an der Havel at the age of 64.