War cemeteries: Margraten (The Netherlands)

Memorial and American Cemetery

Memorial and American Cemetery (8.301 resting-places) Margraten American Military Cemetery

Endless rows of white crosses on the cemetery.

Medal of honor recipient, Private Walter C. Wetzel from the 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. He came from Michigan US and died April 3 1945.

Medal of honor recipient, Private Willy F. James Jr. from the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division (timberwolves). He came from Missouri US and died April 8th 1945.

Medal of honor recipient, 1st. Lieutenant Walter J. Will from the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1th Infantry Division (Big Gerd One). He came from New York US and died March 30 1945.

Private James H. Ray, 285th Field Artillery Observer Battalion, Virginia, October 4, 1944


The cemetery shortly after ww2

The cemetery shortly after ww2


Staff Sergeant George Peterson, 18 Inf Regiment, 1st Inf Division, 30 March 1945. Medal of Honor recipient.



Overview operation Market Garden

Overview operation Varsity




Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole, 502nd Inf. 101st Airborne Division. 18 september 1944

Major Oliver M. Horton, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He came from North Carolina and died October 5 1944.

Captain William G. Burd, 501th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He came from Pennsylvania and died on the first day of operation Market Garden, September 17, 1944.

An unidentified US Soldier


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