The War Ministry · Casualty rolls

Casualty Roll for 1949 As published by the War Ministry under the Press Act · 72 names

5 officers and 67 other ranks. 2 decorated. 1 named actions. Commander of the Line: Egon Sarpeten.

72Names

5Officers

67Other ranks

2Decorated

10The 1st Marsh Regiment

4The 2nd Marsh Regiment

10The 3rd Marsh Regiment

4The 4th Marsh Regiment

39The 5th Marsh Regiment

5The 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 · 1949WM/ROLL/1949

Named actions

13 September 1949

The Autumn Action at the Drowned Wood. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 31 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
13 September 1949	Private	Bruno Bohm	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Andreas Giensei	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Rainer Kreitzel	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellhausen	enemy action
13 September 1949	Sergeant	Nikolaj Baum	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Rainer Hetvan	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grauholt	enemy action
13 September 1949	Corporal	Oskar Lenz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Paul Seltkar	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
13 September 1949	Private	Leon Weiss	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
13 September 1949	Corporal	Nikolaj Hauk	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Feldstadt	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Manfred Ebner	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kesselkirchen	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Otto Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Rudolf Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action	the Line Medal
13 September 1949	Private	Markus Brack	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
13 September 1949	Corporal	Rudolf Vellmann	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Otto Vutwitz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Wasserdorf	enemy fire
13 September 1949	Private	Willem Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Karl Kranz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Gregor Tiendiech	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	killed in action
13 September 1949	Corporal	Karl Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	enemy fire
13 September 1949	Sergeant	Felix Moor	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Kurt Fenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy fire
13 September 1949	Lieutenant	Hugo Vallen	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Dammberg	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Kurt Stiegl	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Nikolaj Mahler	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Dammberg	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Martin Hallin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Dammberg	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Rainer Stiegl	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	killed in action
13 September 1949	Private	Oskar Hallin	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Sigmund Kreren	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Oberholt	enemy fire
13 September 1949	Private	Friedl Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Marschmar	enemy action
13 September 1949	Private	Egon Fenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	killed in action
13 September 1949	Private	Martin Wendl	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grautal	enemy action

Other engagements

Losses on the Line not attributed to a named action, in order of date. 41 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
9 January 1949	Private	Markus Kaltz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
23 January 1949	Corporal	Oskar Zinbeick	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Hollbach	enemy fire
12 February 1949	Private	Lukas Zeller	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
21 February 1949	Corporal	Viktor Ilgen	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Oberholt	enemy action
23 February 1949	Sergeant	Rudolf Hernhatz	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Talberg	enemy action
28 February 1949	Lieutenant	Felix Kessler	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
13 March 1949	Private	Bernd Weting	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy action
21 March 1949	Sergeant	Viktor Mesmann	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
30 March 1949	Private	Bernd Lenz	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
4 April 1949	Private	Rolf Kaltz	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy fire
20 April 1949	Private	Tomas Matkroff	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Lindenhausen	enemy action
25 April 1949	Private	Gregor Marsch	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Niederbruck	enemy action
29 April 1949	Private	Sigmund Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	enemy action
9 May 1949	Private	Karl Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Oberholt	enemy action
13 May 1949	Private	Ludwig Reed	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	enemy fire
21 May 1949	Private	Pavel Miltzes	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
23 May 1949	Corporal	Karl Marrow	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
2 June 1949	Private	Hugo Thal	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
18 June 1949	Private	Thomas Fenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Salzmund	enemy action
27 June 1949	Major	Martin Holt	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Grautal	enemy action
27 June 1949	Private	Peter Marrow	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
2 July 1949	Private	Konrad Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Salzmund	enemy fire
17 July 1949	Private	Rudolf Varel	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Wasserdorf	enemy action
19 July 1949	Private	Bruno Hallin	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Wasserdorf	enemy action
9 August 1949	Private	Leon Tosessmann	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	killed in action
11 August 1949	Sergeant	Jurgen Ostrander	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
28 August 1949	Private	Emil Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
31 August 1949	Private	Rolf Rusk	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
3 September 1949	Private	Hugo Jann	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Lindenmar	enemy action
19 September 1949	Private	Stefan Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
30 September 1949	Corporal	Bernd Holt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
13 October 1949	Private	Martin Lodde	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Brennmoor	enemy fire
14 October 1949	Private	Andreas Bauer	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
23 October 1949	Private	Arno Grokberg	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
2 November 1949	Private	Stefan Grau	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
12 November 1949	Major	Hugo Rusk	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Bergsee	enemy action
12 November 1949	Private	Martin Kessler	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
13 November 1949	Private	Jurgen Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	killed in action
27 November 1949	Private	Peter Kaltz	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Grauholt	enemy fire
30 November 1949	Lieutenant	Bernd Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Weinheim	enemy fire
30 December 1949	Corporal	Pavel Morner	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	killed in action

Reading of the roll

The roll was read at the Victory Day parade of 1950. The 139th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square under clear skies. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 37,000. The year's casualty roll is read. Report.

Named actions

13 September 1949

Other engagements

Reading of the roll

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