Edward .F.Timmers

[bas timmers]

hi my name is bas timmers

 

and i am searching pictures of edward f timmers or the 81st combat engineers

 

i have proudly adopted his grave about 3 years ago and search for information

 

of edward so far so good

 

rank Staff Sergeant serial no. 35789065 enter service ohio

 

he came from cincenettie

 

who have pictures of the 81st combat engineers or may be from edward him self

 

 

best regards bas timmers

breda netherland

member bugles accros america

[Walt's Daughter]

A big hello Bas! Welcome to the family, as we call ourselves here. I hope you will enjoy your stay.

 

Thank you for adopting the grave of Edward. I'm sure he and his family appreciate all your kind efforts. Let's see, what can we find out about the 81st Engineers.

 

We have a post (link) to another area of our forum. Another member was looking for the 81st too. Hope this helps you.

 

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...?showtopic=4400

 

Warmly,

Marion (otherwise known as M1)

[bas timmers]

thanks for you info marion

 

the 1 same thing is that they have both entered the service in 1943

 

i am curiosity to the battalion picture ,i hope they will post him here

 

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ihave information from alexandria human resources command

 

in the document ; restricted inventory of personal effects

 

stays that he he was served [unit 8 inf] organisation 4 div]

 

i dont know what this means he serve the 106th infantry division 81 st combat engineers

 

 

best regards bas timmers

[Walt's Daughter]

I think I would try contacting the gentleman at this web. Does sound a bit confusing.

 

http://ice.mm.com/user/jpk/

 

http://www.the106thinfantrydivision.be.tt/

Carl Wouters

 

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The 8th Infantry Div

 

During World War II, in early July 1944, the "Golden Arrow" division landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, just weeks after the Allies invaded France on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Shortly after its arrival, the division captured the French cities of Rennes and Brest.

 

Following these actions, the 8th turned eastward toward the German border, taking part in the heavy fighting in the Hürtgen Forest in November 1944. In early March 1945, the 8th had advanced into the Rhineland. It fought its way into the Ruhr region the following month. By war's end, the "Arrow" division had advanced to the Elbe River in central Germany.

 

 

Defeat of Nazi Germany, 1942-1945

 

On May 2, 1945, as it advanced into northern Germany, the 8th Infantry Division encountered the Neuengamme concentration camp Wöbbelin subcamp, near the city of Ludwigslust. The SS had established Wöbbelin in early February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners who had been evacuated from other Nazi camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. Wöbbelin held some 5,000 inmates, many of whom suffered from starvation and disease. The sanitary conditions at the camp when the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division arrived were deplorable. There was little food or water, and some prisoners had resorted to cannibalism. In the first week after liberation, more than 200 inmates died. In the aftermath, the U.S. Army ordered the townspeople in Ludwigslust to visit the camp and bury the dead.

[bas timmers]

thanks again marion

 

i take contact whit carl wouters

i know him but i think he s more interested in de 4?? th infantry

 

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a bit more information [i hope]

 

in the report of burial

 

stays that he was first mia on 21 dec 1944 found on 29 jan 1945

 

in schlausenbach germany [a place next to the border of luxembourg] he was buried in foy belgium

 

schlausenbach was the area of the 4th infantry division

 

best regards bas timmers

 

the date of dead is 21 dec 1944

[verow]

Hello,

 

Here is also the address or I wrote to obtain the copies of " Individual Deceased personnel File " ( IDPFs) of my 13 soldiers , whom I adopted the Graves "cemetery colleville sur mer" . Written has the following address:

 

Departement of the Army

U.S Total Army Personnel Command

ATTN: TAPC-PAO, FOIA Room 7 N 50

200 Stovall Street

Alexandria - VA 22332-0400 USA

 

2 to 3 months are needed to hope to obtain an answer.

 

3 months later I received copy of "Individual Deceased Personnel File" concerning my soldiers.

Every file made 31 pages where I found where they had lived in US The address of their parents their military route , how and where they was killed..

 

 

And here is the model of my letter :

 

Dear Sir,

 

I would like to have some information about the a soldiers killed in action during WWII and buried in France

" At the normandy American Cemetery - St Laurent Colleville / Mer.

Name.........

Army Serial......

Unit......

Date of Death........

Place of Death.......

 

I belong to the association < Les Fleurs de la mémoire> (The flowers of memory)

I regularly visit their tombs and lay flowers on it , paying tribute to this soldiers fallen to liberate my country . I would be very thankful to you if I could get their " IDPF " and know more about his short life.

 

Here is my address: Mr Mme............

 

Sincerely yours .

 

Signature.

 

This service asks for fees

 

Vee

[bas timmers]

hello verow

 

thank you

 

the IDPF i already have it

 

but there is nothing i can do with al tracks are dead ended

 

 

best regards bas timmers

[civilwargal]

Hi Bas,

The public Library of Cincinnati has a Veteran Project. They might also have a copy of his local obituary that was in the newspaper when he died. That would list brothers and sisters and some other information that might help.

 

http://www2.cincinnatilibrary.org/vets/

 

Here is the website to their veterans project

Darlene

[bas timmers]

i have an e-mail send to the data base in cincinnati

 

futher no match in the data base but tanks for the site

 

 

best regards bas timmers

[Jeeper704]

Bas,

 

Carl Wouters knows a lot regarding the 106th Division.

He'll help you.

You can even mention my name, he knows who I am.

 

Erwin