Post your death notices

[Willmore]

Hi Martin.

Ha ha ha, thanks Martin and that is the great thing about the forum, we can all help each other and add something to a thread.

No casualty card unfortunately. I have noticed that this often seems to be the case with those who fell in Normandy.

Volksbund entry -

Name: Alfred Hintersteininger
Date of birth: 16.08.1925
Place of birth: Altschwendt
Death/missing date: 11.07.1944
Death/missing place: Maltot
Service rank: Sturmmann

Alfred Hintersteininger is buried in the military cemetery in St. Desir-de-Lisieux, France.
Endgrablage: Block 2 Reihe 13 Grab 295

Find a grave website entry -

Alfred Hintersteininger (1925-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial


I had a search and found some related reading about the place where Alfred died.

Maltot in 1944 – Calvados – Battle of Normandy -

German Panzer units involved Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 101, SS Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1, 1. S.S. Panzer-Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 10. S.S. Panzer-Division “Frundsberg”

Maltot in 1944 - Calvados - Battle of Normandy

7 and 8 -

Missions

II/SS Pz Rgt 12 Eterville July 10th 1944 -

II/SS Pz Rgt 12 Eterville July 10th 1944. - Axis History Forum

Operation Express-

Express | Operations & Codenames of WWII

Kind regards,

Will.

[rheppler]

Another Nice Gebirgsjager notice under the 4th Geb.Div.

Name: Johann Oichtner
Rank: Jäger
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1922
Birth Place: Freilassing/Obb.
Military Unit: 1./Kompanie Gebirgsjäger Bataillon 94
Death Date: 2 Apr 1943)
Death Place: 8 Km Südl. Annastasawskaja Unterrkuban





Lexikon der Wehrmacht - Gebirgs-Jäger-Bataillone

I believe this too says he was shot in the head (based on looking at the other card and examples). Is there a list of abbreviations for casualty cards? I know K is kopf or head, but what do the others indicate? Ie. shot, shrapnel ?

[Willmore]

Hi Rose.

Nice example, thank you for sharing it with us.

In this case his cause of death was Gefallen: A. G. K = Artllerie Geschuß Kopf (literally Fallen 'killed in action': Artillery shot head). I have see Geschoß (projectile) used too.

I haven't seen a list of abbreviations for this specifically, but here is one that shows the main ones (in German). It is ok, but there are a lot of variations of the abbreviations you will encounter.

https://www.bundesarchiv.de/DE/Conte...ublicationFile

Kind regards,

Will.

[rheppler]

Thanks Will,

Thats another great page to add to my research file and for your help with finding a searching a few!