POW Listing - 275th 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.

NAME

RANK

REPORTED MISSING STATUS CAMP
CUNNINGHAM WALTER H

PFC

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen
FULKERSON WALTER D

PVT

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg
HOM YEN K

PVT

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg
LAMBERT STANLEY J

PFC

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg
MONDS JEWEL H

PFC

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen
MOREY RALPH A

PFC

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg
WALLACE ARTHUR B

PVT

1-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg
BECKER RICHARD F

SGT

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg am Main Bavaria
BIVER CLEMENTS N

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen
DAGOSTINO JOSEPH N

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

DAVIS VIRGIL E

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

FRIDLEY JOHN E

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen
GEORGE, DONALD SSGT 2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg am Main Bavaria

GEORGE JAMES

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

GROOMES JOSEPH M

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

KING WILLIE C

PVT

2-Jan-45

Returned

KREUSH JAMES F

PVT

2-Jan-45

Returned

LABORANTI ROMAN A

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

MCDOWELL CLYDE E

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg
RICHARDS MELVIN E

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

WOOD ALBERT W JR

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

ABBOND WALTER E

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 12F Forbach Bei Saarbrucken Baden

ADAMS JACK W

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

ALLEN PHILIP R

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

ANDERSON AXEL J

SSG

3-Jan-45

Killed in captivity (date unknown)

 

ANDERSON HOUSTON G

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

 

BAILEY CLAUDE

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

BARTOLAMEOLLI A G

SGT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

BEBOUT WALTER N

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 12D Waldbreitbach Rheinland, Prussia

BENDA ROY A

T SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

BLAKE BEVERLY W

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

BRINKER JAMES M

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

BROWN RICHARD N

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

BUCHAK MICHAEL

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

CARPENTER RALPH L

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

CARR JAMES O

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

CAZEE CARL E

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

COOK HAROLD

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

CORLEY BERNARD F

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

CORLEY FORREST R

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

CURRAN JAMES S

TEC5

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

DELGOTT GEORGE T

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

EHRGOTT ROBERTS E

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

FIELD REX L

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

FINE HOWARD L

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

FINGER ALBERT W

PFC

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

GARTZKE LEO K

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

GILBERT ALLEN L

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 12F Forbach Bei Saarbrucken Baden

GOMARAS MIKE

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

GRAHAM RUSSELL R

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

GRANT CLAUDE V

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

GROPPI JOHN J

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

HARDY JOSEPH F

T SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

HARDY JOSEPH N

SGT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

HARRELL REID M

SGT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

HAWKINS WILLIAM F

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

HIENAMEN VINCENT A

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

HORAN JOHN F

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

HOWARD VERNON M

CPL

2-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

HUMBLE HOWARD E

PFC

1-Jun-46(FOD)

Died (FOD) case under investigation*

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

JOHNSON ROBERT L

2 LT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Oflag 13B Hammelburg Bavaria

KEATON WILLIAM H

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

KLEIN LEONARD

2 LT

3-Jan-45

Returned

KOY JOSEPH F

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

LA ROCCO ROCCO

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

LE CROY JEWEL

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

LONG JOHN F

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13D Nuremburg (Oflag 73) Bavaria

LUNKER LAWRENCE

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

MC CARROLL THOMAS E

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

MC NAIR THOMAS Q JR

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

MERSCH JOHN L

SSG

3-Jan-45

Died in captivity 3/27/05

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

MERSING ANTHONY W

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

MOCKUS JOHN W

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

MOSS HERBERT E

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

MURRAY ARTHUR M JR

SGT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

OBERRY CARL C

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

PENNINGTON ROBERT L

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

PERRY WALLACE B

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

RECK FRANK A

SGT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

RESSLER JOHN J

TEC5

3-Jan-45

Returned

RICE JACK W

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

ROSEN MURRAY

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 12F Forbach Bei Saarbrucken Baden

RUDENSKI HENRY Z

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

SAYLOR NATHAN N

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

SELLARS THOMAS M

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

SHRINER PAUL E

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

SIPLE MASEL J

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

SMEE WILLARD E

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

SMITH CLAUDE H

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

SMITH HAROLD W

TEC4

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

SMITH ROBERT F

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

SMITH ROBERT W

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

STACKHOUSE HENRY M

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich

STANLEY RAYMOND J

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

STANOWICZ VICTOR

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

STRICKLAND CHARLES M

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

THOMAS ROY E

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

TIMM HOWARD E

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

TINKER LEE E

2 LT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Oflag 13B Hammelburg Bavaria

TRAYLOR WESLEY C

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

TULLIS LONNIE

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

UMBARGER JOSEPH W

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

VAN WART ROBERT E

CPL

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

WALKER LOYD N

PVT

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

WHITSON WILLIAM W JR

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

WHITSON WILLIAM W JR

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

YONKOFF VENKO

S SG

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

YOUNGBLOOD THOMAS M

PFC

3-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

ANDRUSISIAN PETER

PFC

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

CIMRHANZEL JAMES E

PVT

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

EVANS ELIGA D

PVT

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 12F Forbach Bei Saarbrucken Baden

GARRISON BILLY J

S SG

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

HEBERLING ALLEN W

T SG

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

HENLEY GUS M

PFC

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

LINDSAY CLAUDE K

PFC

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

MC CAFFREY HAROLD E

SGT

4-Jan-45

Returned

MORAN JAMES J

SGT

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

NICHOLL JOHN M

2 LT

4-Jan-45

Returned

Oflag 13B Hammelburg Bavaria

PRILL GEORGE J

PFC

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

RIDENOUR WILLIAM A

PFC

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

SKROBECKI HENRY E

SGT

4-Jan-45

Returned

TURNER LEROY E

SGT

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

VEARY ROY T

SGT

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13D Nuremburg (Oflag 73) Bavaria

WALLACE NORMAN A

S SG

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

WANSEDEL RICHARD L

PFC

4-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

EACHUS JOHN H

PVT

5-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

EVANS JOHNNY L SR

SGT

5-Jan-45

Returned

HEBERT DURWOOD C

PVT

5-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

HERBERT MORT L

PFC

5-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

JOHNSTON ROBERT A

PFC

5-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemberg

ROGERS DANIEL J SR

PVT

5-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 5A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemburg

ACEVEDO ANTHONY C

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) (Berga)

AGUILAR JESUS

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

ALBERT JOSEPH P

CPL

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

ANDERLIK RALEIGH J

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

BALLOU WILLIAM C

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

BLANK CHARLES F JR

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

BLUE HAROLD K JR

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

BOLLERMANN HOWARD J

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

 

BORNTRAGER CLARENCE

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

BRICK HAROLD J

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

BROUGHTON RAY M

2 LT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

BRUBAKER GEORGE W

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

BURKHARDT JACK P

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

BURSON JULIUS A

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Buttrick, Francis 2LT 8-Jan-45 Died in Captivity Killed by a US air strike  5 Apr 45 while on a POW march heading  south - somewhere near Nuernberg (Nuremburg).

CAMPBELL JIMMIE L

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

CAPPS PAUL D

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

CARDENAS MIKE S

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

CARPENTER JAMES L

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

CHAKNOS GUST M

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

CHRISENBERRY L W

SGT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

COBINE WALTER R

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

COHEN STANLEY L

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Berga

COLE HUGH T JR

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

COMER WILLIAM S

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

CRAWFORD THOMAS L

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

CROTHER ROBERT E

SSG

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

CROXTON THOMAS R

SGT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 13C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria

DAVIS, DURLEY B

PVT 8-Jan-45 Returned Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13

DAVIS JAMES W

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

DUNCAN RONALD

 

8-Jan-45

Returned

 

DUNBAR CLEMENT A E S

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

ELLINWOOD HOWARD L

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

EWING DALTON B

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

FELLMAN NORMAN D

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Berga: sub-camp of Buchenwald

FINCANNON JESSE A

SSG

8-Jan-45

Returned

FREDERICK EUGENE W

T SG

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

GARCIA WALLACE R

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

GILE JOHN A

CPL

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

GIRTON ROBERT E

SGT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

GLEASON FREDERICK W

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

GOODALE WILLIAM F

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

GORDON CHARLES A

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

GRAY ROBERT M

PFC

8-Jan-45

Killed in captivity 4/19/45

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (Berga)

GREEN JAMES A

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

GRIFFIN JOHN J

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

GROFFIE EDWARD F

1 LT

8-Jan-45

Returned

GROSS ARTHUR G

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

GUIFFRE AUSTIN J JR

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

HAMPER JOSEPH P JR

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

HARBAUGH PAUL H

S SG

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar

HIGGINS SAMUEL G

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

HOLCOMBE JAMES T

T SG

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

HUCKEL RUSSELL W

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen

JACKSON WILLIAM A

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

JACOBY STEPHEN

SGT

8-Jan-45

Returned

JOHNSON LYLE G

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

JOHNSON WILLIAM

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

JOHNSTON BILLY R

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

JONES STANLEY H

PVT

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

KEY HUBERT G

PFC

8-Jan-45

Returned

Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia

KING LEONARD A

SGT

8-Jan-45

Returned

KLINGEL RONALD W

SGT

8-Jan-45

Returned