Prince Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst was born on 28 February 1907 at Berleburg, Germany.
After disappearing during a mission near the Belarusian city of Orsha, Gustav Albrecht was declared missing in action.
Prince Gustav Albrecht served in the German Army in the rank of field officer/field-grade officer (Ic-Stabsoffizier)[2][3] with the title of Rittmeister der Reserve in the 23rd Panzer-Division.
[citation needed] Additionally, he was awarded the War Merit Cross first class with swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.
Klasse mit Schwertern), also known as the KVK 1, which was instituted on 18 October 1939 by Hitler; the date of the honour is not known.