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War Memorial - Embken, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany


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Jakob van Treeck
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16 October 1914

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Information:		 Jakob van Treeck

6th Coy. Infantry Regiment No.67

Died at his wounds in a clearing station
Prussia 424
851
08 January 1916
Came from Geldern
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Michael Josef Elvenich
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05 April 1915

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Battles on 22nd and 28th Feb and from 31st Mar until 4th Apr 1915
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Information:		 Michael Elvenich
Gefreiter of Reserve
10th Coy. Reserve Infantry Regiment No.68

Fallen
Prussia 217
478
06 May 1915
Came from Embken near Düren
A second Michael Elvenich from Embken?
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Information:		 Michael Elvenich
Gefreiter

11th December, Embken
Fallen
Prussia 925
1603
31 August 1917
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Hubert Baum
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26 May 1915

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Information:		 Hubert Baum

4th Coy. Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 239

Died of his wounds in the Clearing Station No. 4
Prussia 270
579
09 July 1915
Came from Embken near Düren
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Werner Classen
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07 June 1915

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Information:		 Werner Classen (Probably)

5th Coy. Infantry Regiment No. 138

Fallen
Prussia 373
773
06 November 1915
Came from Otzenrath near Grevenbroich
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Wilhelm Niessen
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02 January 1900, Embken
14 July 1915 (GWGC: 16 July 1915)
15
Souain, France
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Information:		 Wilhelm Niessen (Probably)

Park-Company No. 6 at the 15th Reserve Division (at the IX Army Corps now)

Missed
Prussia 367
761
30 October 1915
Came from Frenz near Düren
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Andreas Blumenthal
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25 September 1915

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Information:		 Andreas Blumenthal
Gefreiter
5th Bty. Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 15

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Prussia 353
732
14 October 1915
Came from Embken near Düren
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Information:		 Andreas Blumenthal
Gefreiter
5th Bty. Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 15
24th June, Embken
Reported as missed but is fallen on 25th September 1915
Prussia 1072
1813
23 February 1918
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Martin Dick
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10 May 1916

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Information:		 Martin Dick

1st Reserve Coy. of II Pioneer Batallion No. 8

Seriously wounded
Prussia 518
958
01 May 1916
Came from Embken near Düren
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Information:		 Martin Dick

1st Reserve Coy. of II Pioneer Batallion No. 8

Reported as seriously wounded, died in a Clearing Station
Prussia 558
1019
19 June 1916
Came from Embken near Düren
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Peter Pesch
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26 July 1916

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Franz Josef Schneider
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13 July 1916

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Information:		 Franz Schneider

1st Coy. Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 3

Died at his wounds
Prussia 607
1099
15 August 1916
Came from Embken near Düren
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Josef Cremer
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10 April 1917

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Information:		 Josef Cremer


01 November 1896, Embken
Fallen
Prussia 858
1500
14 June 1917
Came from Embken near Düren
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Gustav Schwarz
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Cemetery:		 Landsturmmann

20 July 1917

Bauvin, France
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Information:		 Gustav Schwarz


29 March 1877, Embken
Died at his wounds
Prussia 918
1592
23 August 1917
Came from Embken near Düren
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Theodor Stüsser
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20 October 1917

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Information:		 Theodor Stüsser


02 February
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Prussia 995
1717
22 November 1917
Came from Drove near Düren
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Matthias Strick
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20 November 1917

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Werner Klinkhammer
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31 March 1918

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Information:		 Werner Klinkhammer
Gefreiter

04 August
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Prussia 1133
1886
08 May 1918
Came from Embken near Düren
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Werner Heimbach
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04 Februar 1920, Embken
06 October 1941
21
Genitschesk, Ukraine
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Peter Becker
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Cemetery:		 Obergefreiter
15 November 1912, Embken
12 December 1941
29
Field Hospital Puschkino
Puschkino, Russia
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Wilhelm Pütz
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Cemetery:		 Gefreiter
07 January 1908, Muldenau
01 November 1942
34
Aux. Sanko 1/592 in Shisdra
Shisdra, Russia
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Hermann Rosarius
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13 March 1913
09 January 1943
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Stalingrad (Wolgograd)
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Adam Schlossmacher
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Cemetery:		 Hauptmann
13 December 1909, Cologne
13 February 1943
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Kiew, Ukraine
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Stephan Degen
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09 April 1943

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Hermann Baumgarten
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15 May 1943

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Alexander Merten (Probably)
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Cemetery:		 Obergefreiter
21 March 1915
16 June 1943 (GWGC: 15 June 1943)
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Field Hospital 602 mot. Brjansk
Brjansk, Russia
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Johann Becker
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13 Februar 1909, Embken
18 June 1943
34
Renowitza
Sarajewo, Bosnia
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Josef Hoheiser
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24 June 1943

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Jakob Schmitz
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14 August 1943

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Peter Baum
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Cemetery:		 Unteroffizier
02 August 1911, Gunnick
16 November 1943
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2 km east-west of Luganka
Luganka, Ukraine
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Engelbert Cremer
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27 August 1913, Embken
18 February 1944
30
Riggi, Estonia
Jöhvi, Estonia
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Paul Holzkamp
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17 June 1913, Aachen
18 March 1944
30
Sookula, Estonia
Jöhvi, Estonia
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Josef Müller
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Cemetery:		 Obergefreiter
09 April 1920, Embken
09 May 1944
24
Clearing Station of 2nd Sanko 248, Tysmienica, Ukraine
Tysmienica, Ukraine
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Heinrich Vogel
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Cemetery:		 Stabsgefreiter
03 April 1916, Thun
11 July 1944
28
Lokal Hospital Janow, Sanko. 2/251Iwanowo, Belarus
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Lambert Stüsser
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23 April 1922, Embken
23 August 1944
22
Kruopiai, Lithuania
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Josef Pütz
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Cemetery:		 Unteroffizier
07 July 1918, Embken
26 August 1944
26
Sewrynka/Narew
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Theodor Dick
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10 March 1924, Euskirchen
12 February 1945
20
Dresden, Germany
Heidefriedhof, Dresden, Germany
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Johann Lauterbach
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03 March 1945

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Werner Vey
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12 July 1906
09 May 1945
38
Hofkirchen, Germany
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Wilhelm "Willy" Pirig
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Cemetery:		 Obergrfreiter
09 March 1918, Embken
20 January 1946
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Camp of the Labour Bn. 404
at Jenakiewo, east of Stalino
Enakijewo, Ukraine
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Bernhard Pütz
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17 July 1922
26 November 1942
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Rshew/ Artjemowa / Bachmutowo / River of Boljnja
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Peter Lauscher
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Cemetery:		 Obergefreiter
05 April 1922, Embken
12 June 1943 (GWGC: 31 January 1945)
21
PoW, Boxitogorsk, Area of Leningrad, Russia
Swirstroj, Russia
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Ludwig Weber
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17 July 1943

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Josef Lindemann
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19 June 1905, Gladbeck
19 July 1944
39
near Luboml, Ukraine
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Willi Schmitz
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23 May 1915, Jüchen
10 August 1944
29
Laurahütte (Siemianowice), Poland
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Hans Hoffmann
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04 September 1944

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Heinrich Knipprath (GWGC: Eduart Knipprath)
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Cemetery:		 Obergefreiter
13 April 1907
11 September 1944
37
Andilly, France
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Josef Heimbach
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Cemetery:		 Obergefreiter
28 June 1922, Embken
08 December 1944
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Budinur
Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegowina
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Johann Scheidtweiler (GWGC: Johannes Scheidtweiler)
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05 April 1926
01 April 1945
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Thorn, Eastprussia
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Hans Weber
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17 March 1945

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Peter Lauterbach
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15 March 1945

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Robert Pirig
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18 May 1945

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Wilhelm "Willi" Kronenberg
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Place of Missing:		 Obergefreiter
25 Februar 1922, Embken
31 December 1945
23
PoW, Dnjepropetrowsk, Ukraine
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Maria Blumenthal
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16 November 1944

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Heinrich Strick
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12 December 1944

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Reiner Blumenthal
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14 February 1945

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Sibilla Lennartz
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23 February 1945

Anna Lennartz
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23 February 1945

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