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Casualty Roll for 1955 As published by the War Ministry under the Press Act · 49 names

5 officers and 44 other ranks. 3 decorated. 2 named actions. Commander of the Line: Egon Sarpeten.

49Names

5Officers

44Other ranks

3Decorated

31The 1st Marsh Regiment

4The 2nd Marsh Regiment

2The 3rd Marsh Regiment

3The 4th Marsh Regiment

6The 5th Marsh Regiment

3The 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 · 1955WM/ROLL/1955

Named actions

19 March 1955

The Spring Action at Black Pool. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 11 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause
19 March 1955	Private	Oskar Soner	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
19 March 1955	Private	Uwe Schoner	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Sandhafen	enemy fire
19 March 1955	Corporal	Bernd Unger	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
19 March 1955	Corporal	Pavel Genwitz	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
19 March 1955	Private	Andreas Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Berging	enemy action
19 March 1955	Private	Sigmund Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	killed in action
19 March 1955	Private	Rolf Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	killed in action
19 March 1955	Private	Hugo Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Neuheim	enemy action
19 March 1955	Private	Uwe Brangtiff	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
19 March 1955	Private	Karl Deten	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
19 March 1955	Lieutenant	Markus Wendl	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy fire

3 April 1955

The Spring Action at the Reed Gate. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 14 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
3 April 1955	Corporal	Gregor Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Leon Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Ostrahausen	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Markus Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Feldbrunn	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Manfred Ort	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Grauholt	enemy action
3 April 1955	Sergeant	Otto Valrien	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	killed in action
3 April 1955	Private	Thomas Birk	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Rainer Wendl	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	killed in action	the Line Medal
3 April 1955	Corporal	Karl Broffel	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Lindenhausen	enemy fire
3 April 1955	Corporal	Oskar Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
3 April 1955	Sergeant	Bernd Hannmann	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Weinfeld	enemy action	the Line Medal
3 April 1955	Private	Thomas Vogt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Anton Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Grauholt	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Kurt Klasen	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Brennholt	enemy action
3 April 1955	Private	Egon Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire

Other engagements

Losses on the Line not attributed to a named action, in order of date. 24 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
23 January 1955	Private	Andreas Kreitzel	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellhausen	enemy action
25 January 1955	Sergeant	Nikolaj Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
27 February 1955	Private	Bernd Kamm	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
28 February 1955	Private	Rolf Hallin	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	killed in action
7 March 1955	Lieutenant	Leon Egge	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
28 March 1955	Major	Martin Ostrand	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	killed in action
6 April 1955	Private	Bruno Sinder	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Salzhafen	enemy action
30 April 1955	Private	Paul Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
5 May 1955	Private	Markus Moor	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy action
18 May 1955	Lieutenant	Ludwig Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy action
1 July 1955	Captain	Otto Ostmann	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy fire
2 July 1955	Corporal	Arno Marrow	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
2 July 1955	Private	Heinz Trost	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy action
7 July 1955	Private	Martin Rusk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kesseltal	killed in action
8 July 1955	Private	Egon Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy fire
18 August 1955	Private	Dieter Gaurden	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Bruchwick	enemy action
25 September 1955	Private	Heinz Fenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
6 October 1955	Corporal	Martin Fenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Reeding	enemy action
6 October 1955	Private	Klaus Gelessen	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
8 October 1955	Private	Martin Ebner	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	enemy fire
14 October 1955	Corporal	Ernst Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hochfurt	killed in action
17 December 1955	Private	Rainer Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Graukirchen	enemy action
19 December 1955	Private	Ernst Kaltz	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
23 December 1955	Private	Thomas Bornberg	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinau	killed in action

Reading of the roll

The roll was read at the Victory Day parade of 1956. The 145th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square in fog that lifted by noon. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 13,000. The year's casualty roll is read. Report.

Named actions

19 March 1955

3 April 1955

Other engagements

Reading of the roll

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