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Casualty Roll for 1972 As published by the War Ministry under the Press Act · 55 names

3 officers and 52 other ranks. 6 decorated. 1 named actions. Commander of the Line: Dieter Herwitz.

55Names

3Officers

52Other ranks

6Decorated

26The 1st Marsh Regiment

14The 2nd Marsh Regiment

5The 3rd Marsh Regiment

1The 4th Marsh Regiment

5The 5th Marsh Regiment

4The 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 · 1972WM/ROLL/1972

Named actions

16 November 1972

The Autumn Action at Fog Corner. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 21 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
16 November 1972	Private	Jonas Lenz	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
16 November 1972	Corporal	Martin Fenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollau	enemy action
16 November 1972	Sergeant	Dieter Brack	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
16 November 1972	Private	Rainer Pahl	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy fire
16 November 1972	Private	Bernd Grau	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
16 November 1972	Private	Kurt Ort	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Bruchau	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
16 November 1972	Private	Oskar Schall	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Weinhausen	enemy fire
16 November 1972	Private	Thomas Rusk	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Oberholt	killed in action
16 November 1972	Private	Jurgen Stiegl	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy fire
16 November 1972	Private	Karl Drexel	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
16 November 1972	Lieutenant	Heinz Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action	the Line Medal
16 November 1972	Private	Kurt Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Brennholt	enemy action
16 November 1972	Corporal	Pavel Tiering	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Grautal	killed in action
16 November 1972	Private	Thomas Prill	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
16 November 1972	Sergeant	Nikolaj Moor	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hagenstadt	enemy action
16 November 1972	Private	Thomas Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Brennmoor	enemy fire
16 November 1972	Corporal	Heinz Bresmel	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
16 November 1972	Private	Rainer Geindschen	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellhausen	enemy action
16 November 1972	Private	Rolf Dill	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Reeding	enemy fire
16 November 1972	Private	Lukas Moor	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Weinfeld	enemy action
16 November 1972	Lieutenant	Stefan Marsch	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy action

Other engagements

Losses on the Line not attributed to a named action, in order of date. 34 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
21 January 1972	Private	Andreas Kinghilt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	enemy action
4 February 1972	Private	Uwe Geten	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hollhausen	killed in action
21 February 1972	Corporal	Markus Marrow	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
2 March 1972	Private	Andreas Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy action
9 March 1972	Corporal	Stefan Rusk	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy action
16 April 1972	Corporal	Thomas Grau	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Grautal	enemy action
18 April 1972	Corporal	Oskar Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Tarnsee	enemy action
29 April 1972	Private	Jonas Reedholt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	enemy action
16 May 1972	Private	Nikolaj Hallin	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
24 May 1972	Private	Lukas Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy action
27 May 1972	Private	Peter Melholt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Lindenholt	killed in action
1 June 1972	Private	Rainer Ilgen	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
10 June 1972	Private	Viktor Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy fire
4 July 1972	Private	Paul Hallin	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Grautal	enemy action
14 July 1972	Corporal	Klaus Ziegel	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	enemy action
25 July 1972	Sergeant	Rolf Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Salzmund	enemy fire
26 July 1972	Private	Lukas Brenn	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Weinau	enemy action
9 August 1972	Private	Peter Brenn	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
12 August 1972	Private	Rolf Moor	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action	the Star of the Wardens
1 September 1972	Private	Leon Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Salzhafen	enemy fire
3 September 1972	Private	Stefan Marsch	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
8 September 1972	Private	Manfred Hallin	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy fire
10 September 1972	Corporal	Markus Moor	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy fire
11 September 1972	Private	Markus Fritfeld	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
13 September 1972	Private	Gregor Kalvund	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action	the Line Medal
28 September 1972	Corporal	Dieter Marsch	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy action
5 October 1972	Sergeant	Thomas Moor	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Graukirchen	killed in action
18 October 1972	Private	Oskar Krunmatz	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
31 October 1972	Corporal	Uwe Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	killed in action
31 October 1972	Private	Martin Kaltz	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy action
3 November 1972	Private	Otto Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy action
7 November 1972	Lieutenant	Heinz Thal	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
13 November 1972	Private	Manfred Kranz	The 5th Marsh Regiment	Niederbruck	enemy action
19 November 1972	Private	Nikolaj Hallin	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Norrbruck	enemy action

Reading of the roll

The roll was read at the Victory Day parade of 1973. The 162nd 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

16 November 1972

Other engagements

Reading of the roll

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