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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

Commemorates:

People:

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Lewis DeWolf Sibley

Alexander P. Siciliano

Bert Silberman

Albert Silvas

Sidney S. Silver

William L. Sisco

Boyd V. Smith

Doyne E. Smith

Edward G. Smith

Harold E. Smith

Harry R. Smith

Paul A. Smith

William W. Smith

LuVerne W. Sorbe

William A. Sorenson

Delmas E. South

Randall Lloyd Southwell

Charles F. Soverns

William A., Jr. Spain

Robert L. Sparks

Clarence F. Spencer

James E. Spencer

Leonard M. St Michel

John David Stallings

George Stamation

William G. Stanley

Calvin R. Stewart

Carl D. Stewart

Gilbert R. Stiles

Bernard J. Stockmaster

William G. Stout

Lawrence Winfield  Stricklin

Elmer Leslie Stroud

R. G. R. "Roy" Stroud

James R. Studdards

Earl LeRoy Stull

Otis L. Sullivan

Leonard H. Swanman

Zygmunt J. Swiderski

Leonard Swoger

George T. Synowski

Martin J. Szuminski

George Tammara

Joseph A. Tanner

John Tarnowski

William Harlan Tatom

James R. Taylor

Ralph M. Taylor

Roy D. Taylor

Ray H. Tedder

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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