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6 oktober 1944 
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Dennis
Bericht 6 oktober 1944
beste mensen,

wij hebben een vraag, wij hebben een soldaat geadopteerd, PVT Richard H Gentzel. Hij was mia.
Nu hebben we via via te horen gekregen dat hij te boek staat als vermist geraakt tijdens een patrouille op de Wylerbaan.
Weet iemand wat er ongeveer rond deze datum is gebeurd. We zijn samen met de familie op zoektocht naar antwoorden, dus ieder stukje van de puzzel is welkom.

Dennis


wo dec 03, 2008 9:40 pm
John S.
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Frank van den Bergh schreef dit oa. over de gevechten op de Wylerbaan:

We know that along the couple of
miles long Wylerbaan, the H company took the sector from the farm Den Heuvel
north, towards Wyler on the German frontier. Now the Wylerbaan roughly was
the frontline, but to the east of the Wylerbaan there was a line of forward
defence positions. Forward of that was a kind of no-mans land in which
patrolling went on. The Germans attacked this area fiercely for three days,
among others on the 28th. I now translate something from the diary of Sgt.
Oldfather, G Coy, 504 Para for the day your uncle went missing:

"This morning at six Owsianik came down and told that the Krauts were
breaking through the line of Item Company. Soon the combats started. Para's
fell back on our lines. Automatic eapons and artillery blasted off. I saw a
shell fall in the midst of a group of us; luckily most walked on. From this
distance it is difficult to tell our troops and the Germans apart.
Undoubtedly we let a number of Germans slip past. Our artillery opened up
and shelled the woods at Den Heuvel. From what the guys told us, they must
have spent a lively night there. The Germans had managed to get as far as
the foxholes. Carter hosed everything with the BAR. When all was prepared
for a counterattack, orders arrived to break everything up, as the 508th
came to relieve us. They arrived at 21.00 hours. What a relief1 Our new
sector was in the middle of the woods (later entries in the diary make clear
the company was in reserve). The cooks were waiting with hot coffee, milk
and sugar. That went down well. Got hold of an overcoat and fell asleep
between Owen and Owsianik..."

Now, the fighting at Den Heuvel was so confused and fierce that to
this day four men still are missing from it. One missing soldier, Vincent
Willson, was found about five years ago at Den Heuvel during spring ploughing.

These actions took place about a week after the heroic Waalcrossing
and the intact capture of the Waal bridges on the 20th, in which your uncle
also took part. 'H' Company, commanded by Captain Carl W. Kappel, was one of
the two companies in the first wave of this extremely hazardous and brave
operation (the other one was 'I' Coy). In this operation 'H' Company lost 7
men killed.

I you don't mind I also have a question: could you send me any
additional information about your uncle? I would be grateful if you could,
for example, furnish me with his date of birth, wether he was married and
had any kids, and if so when did he marry, to whom and what were their names
of any children. Also the names of his parents could come in very useful. It
would be most appreciated by father Thuring.

I do hope that this information is of some help.

Yours sincerely

Frank van den Bergh


wo dec 03, 2008 10:44 pm
Dennis
Bericht 
Hoi John,

Dit verhaal hadden wij ook al gevonden.
Alleen ben ik bij mijn eerste vraag vergeten te vermelden bij welke compagnie Richard Gentzel zat, hij zat bij de F-compagnie. Het verhaal van Frank van den Bergh gaat over de H-compagnie.
We weten nu wel dat het tijdens een nachtpatrouille moet zijn geweest dat hij is omgekomen, dus stel ik nu de vraag, weet iemand iets over een nachtpatrouille op de Wylerbaan.

Dennis


zo dec 07, 2008 1:05 am
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