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187th Engineer Plaque

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Details:

On an outside brick wall of the building next to the Waldfeucht Windmill.  The plaque faces the windmill. Plaque A bronze plaque, in English and German, honoring four soldiers of the 187th Combat Engineer battalion who were killed in the area.

Monument Text:

In loving memory of

LT Owen J. Jones

CPL Allen K. Bodtcher

T/5 Louis J. Combs

PFC Novie N. Ross

187th Engineer Combat Battalion

United States Army

Who died here while serving their country

22 February 1945

Dedicated with honor for peace

on 20 September 1986

from their freind Charles E. McGuire

Port Orchard, Washington, USA

Commemorates:

People:

Allen Keith Bodtcher

Louis J. Combs

Owen John Jones

Novie N. Ross

Units:

187th Engineer Combat Battalion

United States Army

Wars:

WWII