POW Listing - 274th Infantry
According to the National Archives, these
Trailblazers were German prisoners of war. However, since there are some errors
and omissions in coding, we cannot independently verify each name on the list.
Also, there are some discrepancies between this list and other official sources
about the manner of death . Additional information about these soldiers can be
found at the National Archives, American Battlefield Commission, and Trailblazer
web sites. Several former POW's provided documentation of prisoner status and
were included on this list.
As of
this posting, we believe that 21 Trailblazers were sent from Stalag 9B Bad Orb
to the Berga slave labor camp, a sub-camp of the notorious
Buchenwald (more
information).
No indication of their transport to Berga in February, 1945, is provided by the
National Archives data file. Therefore, we have added "Berga" to the listings of
those POW's who were sent to this slave labor camp.
Additional information about Berga can be
found through the links above and below the table. Recent books by Roger Cohen
and Flint Whitlock also document the hell of Berga. Twenty-five percent of the
Berga prisoners were worked to death (in comparison to an overall death rate of
2.5% for all American POW's held by the Germans).
Revised March 7, 2006 as researched
by Diane Kessler.
|
Prisoners of War |
|
Name |
Rank |
Date Reported Missing |
Status |
Camps (if known) |
|
Company A |
|
|
|
|
|
CHAMPAGNE HERBERT C |
PFC |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| CLUBB
FORREST E |
PFC |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
|
MARCHANT JUNIOUS R |
SGT |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| MARKS
LEWIS M |
PVT |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| WARRE
CLIFFORD E |
PFC |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| FOZZARD
DOYLE E |
PVT |
25-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company B |
|
|
|
|
| CONDON
DONALD E |
PVT |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| CORLEY
WILLIAM L JR |
PFC |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| WALSH
JAMES K |
PFC |
6-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
|
APPLEGATE JESS W |
PFC |
13-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia |
|
BORNKIND JACK |
PFC |
13-Jan-45 |
Died in captivity |
Stalag
9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (Berga death march; 23 Apr 45) |
|
CERNANSKY PETER |
PFC |
13-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia |
| HOLMES
WILLIAM D |
PVT |
13-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia |
| HUNT
ROBERT E |
PFC |
13-Jan-45 |
Returned |
|
|
SLATTERY JOHN J |
PFC |
19-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
| PORTER
LAWRENCE S |
CPL |
Mar-45 |
Returned |
German
hospital |
| BROWN
PORTER J |
PVT |
15-Mar-45 |
Returned |
German
military hospital Donaueschingen |
| COLE
ROBERT E |
PFC |
15-Mar-45 |
Returned |
German
general hospital Saarbrucken |
|
GRGUNICH LODY |
SGT |
15-Mar-45 |
Returned |
German
general hospital Saarbrucken |
| PAYNE
BOB L |
PVT |
15-Mar-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company C |
|
|
|
|
| GLENN
VERNON A |
PVT |
21-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia |
| YAROSH
FRANK |
PFC |
21-Jan-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Hqs/2nd BN. |
|
|
|
|
| DOBBS
RAYMOND S |
PVT |
25-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company E |
|
|
|
|
|
CRESCITELLI AMERICO |
PVT |
24-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
| JONES
FRANCIS L JR |
PFC |
24-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
| WELLER
ALVIN N |
PFC |
24-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company F |
|
|
|
|
| FRANCIS
CHARLES L |
PFC |
13-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia |
| JONES
MAURICE |
PVT |
25-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
| SANDS
EDWARD |
PVT |
25-Feb-45 |
Returned |
|
| LOVEDAY
JOHN E |
PVT |
1-Mar-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company G |
|
|
|
|
| BANKER
DEAN C |
PFC |
25-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) |
|
DE MUTH
RUSSELL H. |
PVT |
25-Jan-45 |
Died in captivity |
Stalag
9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (24 Mar 45) |
|
Company I |
|
|
|
|
| GEHRKE
RICHARD W |
PVT |
1-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work
Camp 3368 Munich |
| MC
CONNELL ROBERT M |
PVT |
1-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work
Camp 3368 Munich |
| MC KEEN
CHARLES A |
PFC |
19-Jan-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company K |
|
|
|
|
| HICKS
HAROLD I |
PFC |
19-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) |
| OWENS,
LEROY |
PVT |
16- Mar-45 |
Returned |
|
|
Company L |
|
|
|
|
| STRUKEL
FRANK L |
PVT |
7-Jan-45 |
Returned |
Stalag
4B Muhlberg Sachsen |
| DONOVAN
WILLIAM P |
PFC |
16-Mar-45 |
Returned |
|
|
GARRETSON JACK J |
PFC |
16-Mar-45 |
Returned |
|
|
WENDLAND STANLEY A |
PFC |
16-Mar-45 |
Returned |
Related Items -
POW List - Norm Fellman, Berga Am Elster -
Bad
Orb, Tony Acevedo - Information on
Berga -
Information on
Bad Orb (Stalag IXB) -
An American Slave in Nazi Germany
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