Wendland Herbert Roy “Herb”

Monuments

Waal River Crossing Memorial - 82nd Airborne Division

Name:

Herbert Roy “Herb” Wendland

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

36591582

Unit:

307th Airborne Engineer Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

Michigan

Cemetery:

White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan

Plot:

Four Freedoms monument area

Row:

Grave:

165

Decoration:

Comments:

Herbert Roy “Herb” Wendland was born on December 17, 1925, in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He entered the service on April 6, 1943, and served in Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Pvt is now buried in the White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, USA.