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Casualty Roll for 1946 As published by the War Ministry under the Press Act · 73 names

4 officers and 69 other ranks. 5 decorated. 3 named actions. Commander of the Line: Friedl Bauer.

73Names

4Officers

69Other ranks

5Decorated

11The 1st Marsh Regiment

8The 2nd Marsh Regiment

3The 3rd Marsh Regiment

18The 4th Marsh Regiment

10The 5th Marsh Regiment

23The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment

The roll as published by the War Ministry under the Press Act and read at Victory Square.

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Named actions

25 July 1946

The Summer Action at Sentry Pool. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 13 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause
25 July 1946	Private	Felix Melen	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 July 1946	Corporal	Friedl Wendl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Feldholt	killed in action
25 July 1946	Private	Sigmund Reinholt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 July 1946	Private	Bruno Gerst	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
25 July 1946	Private	Stefan Baum	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Weinfeld	enemy action
25 July 1946	Private	Felix Hannberg	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 July 1946	Private	Bernd Nurmann	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
25 July 1946	Corporal	Bruno Wendl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	killed in action
25 July 1946	Private	Kurt Brauren	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
25 July 1946	Sergeant	Rudolf Beiler	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
25 July 1946	Private	Karl Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
25 July 1946	Corporal	Viktor Hallin	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy action
25 July 1946	Private	Josef Kessler	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action

13 August 1946

The Summer Action at the Salt Reach. The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 15 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause
13 August 1946	Private	Bernd Holt	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy fire
13 August 1946	Private	Paul Mielar	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
13 August 1946	Private	Roland Palel	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
13 August 1946	Private	Rudolf Keisel	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy fire
13 August 1946	Private	Bruno Kolm	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 August 1946	Private	Viktor Jann	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Oberbach	enemy action
13 August 1946	Private	Paul Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Niederbruck	enemy fire
13 August 1946	Corporal	Bernd Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Niederbruck	killed in action
13 August 1946	Private	Klaus Wendl	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	killed in action
13 August 1946	Private	Josef Wendl	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
13 August 1946	Sergeant	Dieter Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Tarnbruck	enemy action
13 August 1946	Corporal	Rudolf Lenz	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	enemy action
13 August 1946	Private	Paul Wendl	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Lindenhausen	enemy action
13 August 1946	Private	Bruno Hallin	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 August 1946	Private	Manfred Mahler	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Grauholt	enemy action

1 December 1946

The Winter Action at Crow Island. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 6 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause
1 December 1946	Private	Friedl Teirich	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
1 December 1946	Private	Ludwig Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	enemy action
1 December 1946	Corporal	Roland Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
1 December 1946	Private	Leon Salm	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
1 December 1946	Corporal	Gregor Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
1 December 1946	Sergeant	Ludwig Daffer	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	enemy action

Other engagements

Losses on the Line not attributed to a named action, in order of date. 39 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
8 January 1946	Private	Konrad Wendl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Lindenmar	enemy fire
18 January 1946	Private	Anton Grelar	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy fire
12 February 1946	Private	Viktor Fenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
3 March 1946	Major	Peter Stinel	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sanding	enemy action
8 March 1946	Private	Roland Kloltiell	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
11 March 1946	Private	Kurt Nussbaum	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
20 March 1946	Private	Rainer Dunen	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Berging	enemy fire
20 March 1946	Private	Viktor Kolm	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
21 March 1946	Private	Rainer Hasser	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Lindenmar	enemy action
30 March 1946	Lieutenant	Viktor Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
1 April 1946	Private	Kurt Totenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hollwald	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
1 April 1946	Private	Kurt Wendl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hochfurt	enemy action
7 April 1946	Private	Andreas Kaner	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Dammberg	enemy fire
24 May 1946	Private	Karl Brenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Oberwald	killed in action
24 May 1946	Private	Paul Potmann	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hollbach	enemy action
26 May 1946	Private	Klaus Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Kessel	killed in action
29 May 1946	Private	Markus Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
14 June 1946	Private	Paul Hallin	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
21 June 1946	Private	Willem Oberst	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Reeding	enemy fire
20 July 1946	Private	Magnus Kaltz	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Norrbruck	killed in action	the Order of the Reed
23 July 1946	Lieutenant	Hugo Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hochfurt	enemy action
31 July 1946	Private	Jonas Hallin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
31 August 1946	Private	Paul Falk	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
4 September 1946	Captain	Ansel Teiring	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
4 September 1946	Private	Otto Kranz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grautal	killed in action
9 September 1946	Corporal	Leon Thal	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	killed in action
9 September 1946	Private	Bruno Oberst	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Dammberg	enemy action
14 September 1946	Private	Edvard Banden	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
14 September 1946	Private	Ernst Schaulen	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy action
19 September 1946	Private	Karl Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	killed in action	the Order of the Reed
5 October 1946	Sergeant	Rudolf Egge	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Weinkirchen	enemy action
8 October 1946	Private	Viktor Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
27 October 1946	Private	Josef Falk	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Sanding	enemy action
12 November 1946	Sergeant	Martin Stolel	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
25 November 1946	Private	Paul Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Kesseltal	enemy action
29 November 1946	Private	Arno Dendholt	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
29 November 1946	Private	Bruno Mistes	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Niederbruck	enemy action
3 December 1946	Private	Klaus Nelmann	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	killed in action
4 December 1946	Private	Willem Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy action

Reading of the roll

The roll was read at the Victory Day parade of 1947. The 136th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square in a cold wind off the Ostra. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 39,000. The year's casualty roll is read. Report.