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Casualty Roll for 1948 As published by the War Ministry under the Press Act · 58 names

5 officers and 53 other ranks. 4 decorated. Commander of the Line: Egon Sarpeten.

58Names

5Officers

53Other ranks

4Decorated

4The 1st Marsh Regiment

14The 2nd Marsh Regiment

7The 3rd Marsh Regiment

11The 4th Marsh Regiment

11The 5th Marsh Regiment

11The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment

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

War Ministry · Roll of the fallen · 1948WM/ROLL/1948

Engagements on the Line

Losses on the Line not attributed to a named action, in order of date. 58 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
2 January 1948	Private	Andreas Rusk	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Sanding	killed in action
2 January 1948	Private	Nikolaj Veinmin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Oberbach	enemy action
8 January 1948	Private	Arno Rabrut	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
25 January 1948	Corporal	Andreas Fenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Berging	enemy action
29 January 1948	Corporal	Hugo Brenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy fire
2 February 1948	Corporal	Egon Pfeil	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
2 February 1948	Private	Klaus Serfeld	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
16 February 1948	Private	Kurt Ostrand	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Brennhafen	enemy action
9 March 1948	Lieutenant	Markus Hengbuff	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy fire
13 March 1948	Corporal	Heinz Rusk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Oberholt	killed in action
18 March 1948	Sergeant	Uwe Hechek	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	enemy action
20 March 1948	Private	Uwe Marrow	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Bruchwick	enemy action	the Line Medal
21 March 1948	Lieutenant	Oskar Kaukstein	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Weinfeld	killed in action
27 March 1948	Private	Arno Kessler	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy fire
24 April 1948	Private	Josef Ebner	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy action
1 May 1948	Private	Martin Hallin	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellhausen	enemy fire
8 May 1948	Sergeant	Hugo Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Grauholt	enemy action
26 May 1948	Private	Oskar Vollfeld	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Hollwald	enemy fire
31 May 1948	Sergeant	Dieter Meiss	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Sudmund	enemy action
1 June 1948	Private	Viktor Marrow	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Kesseltal	enemy action
4 June 1948	Private	Paul Kaltz	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action	the Line Medal
7 June 1948	Corporal	Tobias Hallin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
12 June 1948	Private	Rainer Gackmann	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Marschau	killed in action
18 June 1948	Private	Rainer Stiegl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
19 June 1948	Private	Leon Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
27 June 1948	Private	Bernd Fenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
6 July 1948	Sergeant	Bruno Hallin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Furtstadt	enemy action
11 July 1948	Private	Paul Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	enemy action
27 July 1948	Private	Leon Dauler	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Hollbach	enemy action
29 July 1948	Major	Arno Lekleich	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
2 September 1948	Private	Hugo Broffel	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Lindenwick	enemy action
6 September 1948	Sergeant	Peter Rander	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
9 September 1948	Private	Pavel Dorn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
13 September 1948	Sergeant	Nikolaj Mertz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 September 1948	Private	Pavel Mielar	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy action
16 September 1948	Sergeant	Oskar Voss	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
16 September 1948	Corporal	Bernd Hallin	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Niederbruck	enemy fire
16 September 1948	Private	Edvard Meholt	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
17 September 1948	Private	Hugo Hallin	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
19 September 1948	Corporal	Stefan Muning	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	enemy action
19 September 1948	Private	Karl Falk	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
22 September 1948	Private	Leon Marrow	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
23 September 1948	Lieutenant	Leon Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hollbach	enemy action
27 September 1948	Corporal	Rainer Jost	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Weinau	enemy action
27 September 1948	Private	Felix Ebner	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
29 September 1948	Private	Otto Hockek	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grautal	enemy action
29 September 1948	Private	Jurgen Nussbaum	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
4 October 1948	Private	Manfred Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 October 1948	Private	Konrad Wendl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
14 October 1948	Private	Hugo Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
14 October 1948	Private	Oskar Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
22 October 1948	Captain	Kurt Rusk	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
27 October 1948	Corporal	Bertil Thal	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
8 November 1948	Private	Lukas Krotek	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
14 November 1948	Private	Teodor Hallin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
14 November 1948	Private	Uwe Reedholt	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
17 November 1948	Private	Friedl Neser	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
9 December 1948	Private	Leon Bosfrill	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action

Reading of the roll

The roll was read at the Victory Day parade of 1949. The 138th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square under clear skies. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 13,000. The year's casualty roll is read. Report.

Engagements on the Line

Reading of the roll

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