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Fort
Bragg (Main Post Cemetary), Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
Compiled from an
United States National Archive list of 830 German & Austrian WWII
POW deaths recorded in the US by the US Army, Office of the
Quartermaster General memo, dated 10 August 1946, updated February
1947. Additional information is from
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=153225
Names of the Dead:
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Rank |
Name |
First Name(s) |
Date and Place
of Birth |
Date and Place
of Death |
Remarks |
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Private First
Class, Germany Army. |
BLUM |
Wilhelm |
11.01.1916, Peterstal, Kreis Gumbinnen, Ostpr.
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23.09.1944 Cause of death Brain Abscess. Hew Hope, Wayne County North
Carolina. In US since 27 June 1944
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Section 2, row 26, grave 5961) 10.01.1916, death certificate states
birthplace; Peterstal, Kr. Gumbinnen, Ostpr. Germany; date of birth
11.9.1904, Name of wife:, Lina.
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Obergefreiter |
BURGHARDT |
Wilhelm |
01.01.1912, Sommerfeld |
26.10.1944, Fort Bragg Cumberland County Regional Hospital
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Section 2, row 26, grave 595; German POW. Corporal, Marines.
SN
2641 41 E. T.
ISN 31G-31085;
Truck collision while working. In US 3 months 29 days. Wohnort:
Ablten b. Hannover, Germany; Name of wife: Anna. |
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Obergefreiter |
RÜTER |
August |
1) 10.01.1910 Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany |
20.12.1945, Ft. Bragg,
Cumberland
County
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Section 2, row 26, grave 592; Killed in a work accident when he was
struck by a piece of falling concrete. In US 11 Months. Occupation:
Riveter. German POW ISN 31G-603996; Wife's name Johanna. Native
Rhineland, Kreis Bonn, Bad Godesberg,
Pruches Str. 29. |
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Feldwebel |
SCHAEFFER |
Willy |
1) 10.01.1916 Mennighüffen |
20.6.1945, Fort Bragg Cumberland County, North Carolina.
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Section 2, row 26 grave 593; Killed in an accident when struck by a
falling tree. German PVT ISN 31G-3601188 Prisoner of War. In US
1-1/2 months. Occupation: carpenter. Resides Westf. 408, Germany,
Name of wife: Gertrud. |
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Oberjäger |
SCHMIDT |
Paul |
26.04.1916, Wähldorf |
12.04.1946, New Bern P.O.W. camp, North Carolina
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1) Row 26, grave 589; German Prisoner of War. In US 1 year. Husband of
Hedwig. Cause of death: suicide by hanging at New Bern P.O.W. Camp.
2) |
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Unteroffizier |
SIEBEN
(SIEßEN) |
Rudop
(Rudolf) |
1)
22.5.1900, Roxheim (Rorheim), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
29.1.1945 Fort Bragg regional hospital Cumberland County, North
Carolina
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Section 2, row 26, grave 594; In US 5 months 10 days. Resided No.22.
Bad Kreuznach, Albrechtstrasse # 6. Native of Roxheim. Husband of
Philippine Sießen. Sergeant, German Army. Cause of death: pancreatic
cancer |
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Obergefreiter |
WIMMER |
Josef
(Joseph) |
16.05.1899 Burkkirchen, Austria. |
30.02.1946 U. S. Army Gen. Hosp., Camp Butner, Grandville, North
Carolina
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Section 2, row 26, grave 590; Prisoner of War, German Army. Austrian.
CPL 31G-627066 former German POW, 1). In US 9 months;
Wohnort Oberndorf b/Salzburg.
Husband of Fannie Wimmer. Civilian occupation: Farmer. Cause of death:
acute peritonitis. |
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Gefreiter |
ZOKAN |
Johann |
21.11.1923 Studenze, Yugoslavia |
8.1.1946US Army General HospitalCamp Buttler Granville, North Carolina
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1) Row 26, grave 591. Wohnort Oberhornigl Krs. Zillly Unter, Steyermark.
Prisoner of War. Private First Class, German Army. Serial no. 138
501. Born in the former Yugoslavia. Unmarried. Civilian occupation:
tailor. Cause of death: cerebral edema., father's name, Michael
Zokan. Cause of death: cerebral congestion and edema. In community
1 month, 13 days |
1)
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=153225
2) SCHMIDT, Paul was not on
1947 US National Archive master list.
Datum der Abschrift: 2008
Beitrag von: Charles N. Johnson
Foto © 2008 Paul F. Wilson
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