bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Death Locations > The ETO - Germany, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 17 Feb 2025
WWII Germany units covered: Siegfried Line, 1945 (12 dead), To the Rhine (11 dead), Central Europe (28 dead). Total dead 51.
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  • ​Each list also appears at the bottom of the corresponding WWII Germany > The ETO webpage.
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03-06 - The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 (12 dead, updated 27 January 2024)
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03-06 - The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > First US Effort: (one dead, updated 27 Jan 2023)
† Patton, John A., SN 37-463-856, US Army, Page Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • Co. F, 504th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., attached to First Army; KIA 2 Feb 1945, Siegfried Line, near Udenbreth SE of Monshau, North Rhineland-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > First US Effort.
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03-06 The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > Roer River Dams: (3 dead, updated 27 Jan 2024)
​† Collins, Robert W., SN 37-665-559, US Army, Boone Co.
  • Co. I, 310th Inf. Regt., 78th Inf. Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army; KIA 5 Feb 1945 Steckenborn, SW of Schmidt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; direct hit from 88mm artillery shell; The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Roer River Dams.
† Grage, Glen Edward, SN 37-116-924, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • Co. B, 311th Inf., 78th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 25 Jan 1945 near Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > Roer River Dams.
  • Notes: The 78th Inf. Div. was ordinarily part of First Army but because of the Battle of the Bulge was assigned to XIX Corps, Ninth Army from 22 Dec 1944 to 2 Feb 1945.
† Hemsted, John, SN 39-925-782, US Army, Cass Co. & Bannock Co., ID
  • Co. C, 60th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 3 Feb 1945 in Monschau Forest between Monschau & Gemünd, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, head wound from artillery shell fragments; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > Roer River Dams

03-06 - The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm: (one dead, updated 29 Jun 2022)
† Braden, Clyde Edward, SN 37-656-928, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE
  • 346th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 2 Mar 1945 near Ormont, NW of Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm.

03-06 - The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg: (six dead, updated 8 Aug '23/23 Aug '23)
† Armstrong, Kenneth Burton, SN 37-735-072, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • Co. F, 319th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 6 Feb 1945 Luxembourg at Sauer River near German Border, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
† Larson, Darwin Norville, SN 37-435-093, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • 737th Tank Bn., attached to 5th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 23 Feb. 1945 approaching Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
† Nelson, Leonard Mortensen, SN 17-043-992, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • first overseas tour Jun-Dec 1943; departed US for second tour Nov 1944; 304th Inf. Regt., 76th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; WIA Feb 1944 near Irrel, N of Trier, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany; DOW 28 Feb 1945; Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
† Orr, Bertis Stanley, SN 37-118-280, US Army, Pott. Co. & Adams Co., IL
  • Co. F, 319th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 7 Feb 1945 Luxembourg, near German Border, at Sauer River NW of Wallendorf, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
† Starner, Russell Leroy, SN 37-734-909, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Co. K, 319th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 13/15 Feb 1945 E of Sauer River, near Wallendorf, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.
 † Winslow, Fred Lute John, SN 37-693-036, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Co. K, 318th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 11 Feb 1945 near Sauer and Our River junction, Luxembourg; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.

03-06 - The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XX Corps to Trier: (one dead, updated 29 Jun 2022)
† Barrett, Henry Joseph Jr., SN 37-699-275, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. I, 301st Inf. Regt., 94th Inf. Div., XX Corps, Third Army; KIA 6 Mar 1945 near Zerf, S of Trier, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XX Corps to Trier.​
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03-07 - The ETO > To The Rhine (11 dead, updated 23 December 2022)
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03-07 - The ETO > To the Rhine > Operations Veritable & Grenade: (five dead, updated 23 Dec 2022)
† Baker, Everett Ernest, SN 17-122-788, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • Co. L, 26th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; DOW 26 Feb 1945 near Kreuzau, on Roer River S of Düren, Germany; The ETO > To the Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.
† Braden, William Court, SN 37-465-735, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE
  • Co. D, 415th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Feb 1945 near Roer River, N of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > To the Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.
† Decker, Charles Earl, SN 37-750-378, US Army, Harrison & Mills Cos.
  • 39th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; DNB 28 Feb 1945 Udingen, S of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany;  The ETO > To the Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.
† Lutz, Wilbur Leroy, SN 37-485-626, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • 67th Armored Regt., 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 3 Mar 1945 near Krefeld, W of Rhine River & NW of Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > To the Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.
† Rohrberg, Robert George, SN 37-490-420, US Army, Pott Co.
  • Co. F, 13th Inf. Regt., 8th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 23 Feb 1945 near Düren, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany; The ETO > To the Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.

03-07 - The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Lumberjack:  (three dead, updated 20 Dec 2022)
† Guyett, Homer Max, SN 37-734-948, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • Co. G, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; KIA 1 Mar 1945 bet. Düren and Bonn, Germany, artillery burst; The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Lumberjack.
† Sanderson, Albert James “Beebee”, SN 37-071-522, US Army, Pott. & Woodbury Cos.
  • Co. B, 42nd Tank Bn., 11th Armored Div., XII Corps, Third Army; tank commander; KIA 19 Mar 1945 near Simmern, S of Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > To The Rhine > Operation Lumberjack. 
† Wright, David Frederick, SN 37-036-584, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • 14th Tank Bn., Combat Command B, 9th Armored Div., First Army; KIA 1 Mar 1945 in Sievernich-Mülheim area SE of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; tank hit by anti-tank shell, three crew died immediately, the two captured included David F. Wright who died of wounds soon after capture; The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Lumberjack; BNR.

03-07 - The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone:  (three dead, updated 21 Dec 2022)
  • Note that two of the below were casualties before Operation Undertone officially began on 15 March.
† Dinesen, Harold N., SN 37-433-094, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Battery C., 400th AAA AW Bn., Seventh Army; WIA (sic, local newspaper) 12 Mar 1945, DNB (sic, War Dept. report) 15 Mar 1945 in hospital, France; The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone.
† Lindsay, William Larkin, SN 37-750-189, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 275th Inf. Regt., 70th Inf. Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 16 Mar 1945 near Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany; The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone.
† Rold, John Angus “Jack”, SN 0-2-007-132, US Army, Cass Co., IA
  • Co. K, 276th Inf. Regt., 70th Inf. Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; DOW 8 Mar 1945 Forbach, near Saar River, Lorraine, France; The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone.
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03-08 - The ETO > Central Europe (28 dead, updated 27 January 2024)
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​03-08 - The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine: (seven dead, updated 8 Aug '23/23 Aug '23)
† Burch, Robert Joseph, SN 37-478-134, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • 194th Glider Inf. Regt., 17th Airborne Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Allied Airborne Army; KIA 24 Mar 1945 in Landing Zone S, E of Rhine River, N of Wesel, Germany; Operation Varsity - The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
† Frahm, Leonard Carl, SN 19-032-134, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 347th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945, on the Rhine at Boppard, S of Coblenz, Germany during a Rhine crossing; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
† Frost, Darrell Finley, SN 37-692-444, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. C, 310th Inf. Regt.; 78th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army (Frost's battalion was attached to Combat Command B, 9th Armored Div.); KIA 10 Mar 1945, near Linz, Remagen Bridgehead, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.​
† Hillman, Fred Albert, SN 37-734-965, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • Co. I, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 20 Mar 1945 Remagen Bridgehead, Germany; artillery shell; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine. 
† Hoover, Everett L., SN 37-734-846, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd. Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945 near Frankenthal on the Rhine River S of Worms, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
† Miller, Raymond Detlef Jr., SN 37-470-777, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 395th Inf. Regt., 99th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; KIA 13 Mar 1945 E of Remagen, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
† Vickroy, John Marvin, SN 19-100-198, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • ​Co. A, 355th Inf. Regt., 89th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 28 Mar 1945; The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.

03-08 - The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine: (nine dead, updated 4 Oct '23)
  • US ground forces deaths after the Rhine crossings through 4 April 1945.
  • First Army deaths before 25 March are in the Crossing the Rhine webpage.
† Baraks, Frederick August, served as Barracks Frederick A, SN 36-448-659, US Army, Rock Island Co., IL
  • 449th Military Police Co., unknown corps & army, landed at Utah Beach 6 Jun 1944, served in the Battle of the Bulge; WIA early Apr 1945, KIA (sic) 4 Apr 1945, death location unknown; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine. 
† Carley, Albert Boyd, SN 37-035-663, US Army, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 712th Tank Bn., attached to 90th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 1 Apr 1945 between Fulda & Kassel, Hesse Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
† Frazier, Arthur Thompson, SN 37-466-728, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Co. D; 786th Tank Bn., attached to 99th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; KIA 28 Mar 1945 near Giessen, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
† Herrell, George Walter, SN 37-699-107, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • Co. A, 60th Armored Inf. Bn., 9th Armored Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 31 Mar 1945 attacking Luftwaffe airfield near Fritzlar, SW of Kassel, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine. 
† Mead, John Lincoln, SN 31-374-517, US Army, Pott. Co. & Hillsborough Co., NH
  • Field Artillery, unit unknown; KIA 26 Mar 1945 unknown location in Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
​† Montgomery, Eugene, SN 37-599-300, US Army, Wayne Co.
  • Co. I, 328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; DOW 30 Mar 1945 near Hanau, Hesse, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
† Moore, Walter Lee, SN 37-699-139, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. F, 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Mar 1945 E of the Ruhr, near Schloss Hamborn, S of Paderborn, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
† Punteney, Charles Edward (both Punteney & Puntney in army records), SN 37-699-132, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Mar 1945 near Altenkirchen, E of Bonn, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
† Scully, John Edward, SN 37-684-887, US Army, Audubon & Webster Cos.
  • Co. B, 23rd Armored Inf. Bn., 7th Armored Div., III Corps, First Army, KIA 27 Mar 1945 near Oberbiel, W of Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany; one of six killed in combat with a German anti-tank team; The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.

​​03-08 - The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany: (two dead, updated 4 Oct 2023)
​ † Gee, Norris Bradford, SN 0-1-174-575, US Army, Marion Co. (WWII-GeeBrothers)​
  • 202nd Field Artillery Group, Ninth Army; observation plane pilot; DNB 7 May 1945 Uetze, NE of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.
† Henderson, Max O., SN 37-485-581, US Army, Pott. Co. & Thayer Co., NE
  • Co. K, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., XIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 18 Apr 1945, E of Hanover, near the Elbe River, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.

03-08 - The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany: (ten dead, updated 27 January 2024)
  • Note that all deaths were from Third and Seventh Army personnel.
† Browning, William Albert, SN 37-489-019, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Co. K, 22nd Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Amy; KIA 5 Apr 1945 near Ochsenfurt, SE of Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Cutler, Donald Lee, SN 39-603-009, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. E, 254th Inf. Regt., 63rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 8 Apr 1945 near Weißbach, SW of Würzburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Fintel, Hubert Alvin, SN 36-829-180, US Army, Milwaukee Co., WI
  • 56th Armored Inf. Bn., 12th Armored Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 15 Apr 1945 west of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Hartwig, Harold William, SN 37-260-353, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. I, 357th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 18 Apr 1945, SE Germany, near Schwartzenbach & Hof, Bavaria; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Kitson, Donald Edgar, SN 37-750-237, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • Co. A, 61st Armored Inf. Bn., 10th Armored Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 8 Apr 1945 near Wolpertshausen, E of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Battle of Heilbronn - The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Macalister, Bruce Richard, SN 0-444-938, US Army, Douglas Co., NE
  • C.O., Co. K, 346th Inf. Regt., 86th Inf. Div., III Corps, Third Army; WIA 30 Apr 1945 near Berglern, Bavaria ~ 30 miles NE of Munich; DOW 1 May 1945; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† ​Nelson, Leonard Peter, SN 34-208-331, US Army, Audubon & Dade Co., FL Cos.
  • 158th Field Artillery Bn., 45th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 30 Apr 1945 near Munich, Bavaria, Germany; Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Swanson, Jack Leonard, SN 37-652-893, US Army, Pott. & Harrison Cos.
  • Troop B, 116th Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 101st Cavalry Gp., Seventh Army; KIA 16 Apr 1945 Bavaria, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
† Wright, Arlos Edward, SN 37-697-737, US Army, Mills Co.
  • Co. K, 399th Inf. Regt., 100th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 21 Apr 1945 Waldenbronn, near Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.
​† Zentz, Ervin Emory, SN 37-699-101, US Army, Pott. Co. & Valley Co., NE
  • Co. B, 756th Tank Bn., 3rd Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; WIA 18 Apr 1945 Bavaria, Germany; DOW 21 Apr 1945 in hospital, France; Battle of Nuremberg - The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.​​