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1st Infantry Division Stele - Cheb

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Behind the gas station, in a grove of trees behind the information sign. Monument


A ten meter high polished black granite stele containing the names of the 775 division members who fell in the fighting across Germany and into the Czech Republic from 8 February through 7 May 1945.  The division insignia is on the front of the stele.

It is one of five World War 2 memorials placed by the 1st Infantry Division in Europe.

Monument Text:

Cheb 8 February 1945 to 7 May 1945

Engagements - Krevzau - Friesheim - Erp - Liblar - Bruhl - Bonn - Remagen Bridgehead and Ruhr Pocket - Stockhausen - Brungsberg - Harz Mountains - Osterode - Thale - Klausthal Zellerfeld - Altenau - Schierke - Adorf - Cheb

Here ended the victorious march of the 1st United States Infantry Divison

The officers and men of the 1st United States Infantry Divison who were killed in this period while fighting for the liberty of the world

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James L. Morrison

William H. Morrow

James E. Morse

Elza Mosher

John J. Moskal

John T. Mulhane

Anthony A. Muren

Paul R. Murphy

James J. Murtha

Howard G. Myers

Ronald A. Myers

Edwin S. Narutowicz

Phillip Louis "Phi" Naviaux

Robert A. Needham

William Carrington "Billy" Nelson

Joseph Nemeth

William Anthony "Pete Neudecker

William Franklin Niccum

Bert Lewis Nicoletto

Edward J. Niewiadomy

Edward W. Noble

Ralph W. Nolan

Frank Novello

Joseph W. O'Brien

Edward W. O'Donald

Clyde L. O'Neal

James J. O'Rourke

Daniel E. Ohler

Casimir Stanislaw Okonowski

Stephen P., Jr. Olshalsky

John F. Olstad

Smiley Alphonso Orr

Francisco V. Ortega

Paul Osborne

Harvey H. Osburn

Adam R. Ostrowski

Perry A. Ovenshire

John Wesley Owens

Albert Clark, Jr. Packwood

John Palmblad

Carter Palmer

Robert A., Jr. Palmer

William J. Palmer

Donald Lester Paltridge

Fred M. Pannell

Walter C. Paris

Charles S. Parker

Elvie B. Parker

Wilmont C. Parker

Burns O. Parks

Units:

106th Cavalry Recon Squadron

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

1st Infantry Division

1st Reconnaissance Troop, 1st Infantry Division

26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

33rd Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division

634th Tank Destroyer Battalion

745th Tank Battalion

7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Wars:

WWII

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